Welcome to issue 269 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of May 26 to June 1, 2013.

Quotes of the Week

   * neutrino: i've been teaching people about functional programming
     etc (when I came in there was exactly 0 knowledge about this, after
     I joined that changed, but not sure in which direction)

Top Reddit Stories

   * Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0 is out
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 103, Comments: 19
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/Iabii
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/DniAP

   * Elm & Prezi: I'm now working on Elm full-time!
     Domain: elm-lang.org, Score: 96, Comments: 18
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/03Aab
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/4o1Xh

   * ANN: Idris 0.9.8 released
     Domain: idris-lang.org, Score: 54, Comments: 58
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/PGrXi
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/birp8

   * Type-Safe Runtime Code Generation with (Typed) Template Haskell
     Domain: gmainland.blogspot.co.uk, Score: 54, Comments: 17
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/rMEFc
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/MBOJn

   * Elm 0.8 released! Type annotations and aliases, better HTML/JS integration, and lots more
     Domain: elm-lang.org, Score: 50, Comments: 10
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/B9AIa
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/tM3Qq

   * Why did the Haskeller need to replace his keyboard regularly?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 48, Comments: 9
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/FHiCn
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/FHiCn

   * Towards a better Haskell package
     Domain: fvisser.nl, Score: 40, Comments: 26
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/XNFGM
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/jbW4Q

   * What does the Haskell runtime look like?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 37, Comments: 17
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/n8bqD
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/n8bqD

   * The AST Typing Problem
     Domain: blog.ezyang.com, Score: 33, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/nYMNg
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/FYpD2

   * [haskell.org Google Summer of Code 2013] Approved Projects
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 28, Comments: 10
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/hnSnz
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/IUE0U

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * What's the best way to exit a Haskell program?
     votes: 25, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [21] http://goo.gl/3AQdw

   * Haskell Conduit: One processing conduit, 2 IO sources of the same type
     votes: 23, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [22] http://goo.gl/12dwP

   * Why is length of “Níðhöggr” 9?
     votes: 22, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [23] http://goo.gl/emGGm

   * What is a solid example of something that can be done with list comprehensions that is tricky with high order functions?
     votes: 11, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [24] http://goo.gl/fJMcg

   * Fibonacci Seq. strange output forms (Haskell)
     votes: 10, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [25] http://goo.gl/9OQYW

   * Gnuplot in Haskell: don't enter gnuplot terminal
     votes: 10, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [26] http://goo.gl/Fwb66

   * Haskell: YesNo type class. Why Integer?
     votes: 10, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [27] http://goo.gl/jnLLH

   * Is it possible to use extended precision (80-bit) floating point arithmetic in GHC/Haskell?
     votes: 9, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [28] http://goo.gl/HUUoL

   * Having trouble understanding list comprehensions
     votes: 9, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [29] http://goo.gl/JkNL3

   * What is the rule of the order of multiple type variables in haskell?
     votes: 9, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/1whHM

Until next time,
+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://www.haskell.org/platform/
   2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f6l2a/haskell_platform_2013200_is_out/
   3. http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/Elm-and-Prezi.elm
   4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f9yd8/elm_prezi_im_now_working_on_elm_fulltime/
   5. http://idris-lang.org/archives/272
   6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f75ge/ann_idris_098_released/
   7. http://gmainland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/type-safe-runtime-code-generation-with.html
   8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1feqhn/typesafe_runtime_code_generation_with_typed/
   9. http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/version-0.8.elm
  10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f77h0/elm_08_released_type_annotations_and_aliases/
  11. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f6gjs/why_did_the_haskeller_need_to_replace_his/
  12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f6gjs/why_did_the_haskeller_need_to_replace_his/
  13. http://fvisser.nl/post/2013/may/28/towards-a-better-haskell-package.html
  14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f70wi/towards_a_better_haskell_package/
  15. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f48dc/what_does_the_haskell_runtime_look_like/
  16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f48dc/what_does_the_haskell_runtime_look_like/
  17. http://blog.ezyang.com/2013/05/the-ast-typing-problem/
  18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f91w3/the_ast_typing_problem/
  19. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2013-May/108458.html
  20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1f6ve7/haskellorg_google_summer_of_code_2013_approved/
  21. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16872898/whats-the-best-way-to-exit-a-haskell-program
  22. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16757060/haskell-conduit-one-processing-conduit-2-io-sources-of-the-same-type
  23. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16779251/why-is-length-of-nidhoggr-9
  24. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16784162/what-is-a-solid-example-of-something-that-can-be-done-with-list-comprehensions-t
  25. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16762009/fibonacci-seq-strange-output-forms-haskell
  26. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16803070/gnuplot-in-haskell-dont-enter-gnuplot-terminal
  27. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16824047/haskell-yesno-type-class-why-integer
  28. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16797802/is-it-possible-to-use-extended-precision-80-bit-floating-point-arithmetic-in-g
  29. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16805135/having-trouble-understanding-list-comprehensions
  30. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16860473/what-is-the-rule-of-the-order-of-multiple-type-variables-in-haskell
  31. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about