Welcome to issue 164 of the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in the [1]Haskell community. This release covers the week of January 2 to 8, 2011. Announcements Ben Millwood [2]announced the release of haskell-src-meta 0.3. He tells us that this release adds support for GHC 7, and for TH 2.5, along with other improvements. Mitar announced [3]a new version ef Etage, a general data-flow framework. Malcolm Wallace had [4]some news from the Haskell Language Committee. One of the points mentioned is that there will _not_ be a language standard called 2011, with the committee intending to issue a new language standard in 2012. Simon Peyton-Jones [5]invited members from the community to submit papers for the Workshop on Intermediate Representations 2011. The deadline is January 21. Clemens Grelck wanted to alert everyone that the [6]new deadline for papers for the Eighth International Workshop on Practical Aspects of High-Level Parallel Programming (PAPP 2011) to be held June 1-3, 2011, in Tsukuba, Japan. Emanuel Kitzelmann extended a [7]call for papers for the 4th International Workshop on Approaches and Applications of Inductive Programming (AAIP 2011) to be held July 19, 2011, in Odense, Denmark. Maciej Piechotka announced the [8]first release of nanoparsec. "Nanoparsec is currently simply a port of attoparsec on the ListLike--the abstraction of lists used by iteratee. Top Reddit Stories * Why Lisp is a Big Hack (And Haskell is Doomed to Succeed) Domain: axisofeval.blogspot.com, Score: 69, Comments: 15 On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evbz5/why_lisp_is_a_big_hack_and_ha... Original: http://axisofeval.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-lisp-is-big-hack-and-haskell-is.h... * I ported Clojure's Persistent Vectors and Hash Maps to Haskell Domain: blog.wuwon.id.au, Score: 54, Comments: 2 On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evzhz/i_ported_clojures_persistent_... Original: http://blog.wuwon.id.au/2011/01/persistent-vectors-and-hash-maps-for.html * 3 Big Haskell Infrastructure Projects That Would Be Cool Domain: cdsmith.wordpress.com, Score: 31, Comments: 8 On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evt56/3_big_haskell_infrastructure_... Original: http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/big-ideas-for-haskell/ * Merging binary and cereal Domain: blog.johantibell.com, Score: 31, Comments: On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ewvpv/merging_binary_and_cereal/ Original: http://blog.johantibell.com/2011/01/merging-binary-and-cereal.html * Haskell library improvements I'd like to see Domain: blog.johantibell.com, Score: 28, Comments: On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evm0g/haskell_library_improvements_... Original: http://blog.johantibell.com/2011/01/haskell-library-improvements-id-like-to.... * You can use GHC for the mac app store Domain: github.com, Score: 20, Comments: 8 On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/exxal/you_can_use_ghc_for_the_mac_a... Original: https://github.com/nfjinjing/haskell-cocoa-currency-converter-example * Sudoku Solver in Haskell Domain: antimatroid.wordpress.com, Score: 18, Comments: 7 On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ev1i0/sudoku_solver_in_haskell/ Original: http://antimatroid.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/sudoku-solver-in-haskell/ * Job Board for Functional Programmers Domain: functionaljobs.com, Score: 15, Comments: 6 On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evi5d/job_board_for_functional_prog... Original: http://functionaljobs.com * Haskell library for analysis and synthesis of Go code. Domain: hackage.haskell.org, Score: 15, Comments: 6 On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ex43z/haskell_library_for_analysis_... Original: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/language-go * Hello Reddit! I implemented Levenshtein automata in Haskell after reading that 'Damn Cool Algorithm' blog post -- what do you think? Domain: self.haskell, Score: 14, Comments: 4 On Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ewl7o/hello_reddit_i_implemented_le... Original: /r/haskell/comments/ewl7o/hello_reddit_i_implemented_levenshtein_automata/ Top StackOverflow Questions * Why do we need 'seq' or 'pseq' with 'par' in Haskell? votes: 9, answers: 2 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4576734/why-do-we-need-seq-or-pseq-with-p... * Complex data structures in Haskell - how do they work? votes: 8, answers: 2 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4597262/complex-data-structures-in-haskel... * Mutability in functional programming votes: 8, answers: 3 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4619500/mutability-in-functional-programm... * Where can I learn advanced Haskell? votes: 8, answers: 6 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4634962/where-can-i-learn-advanced-haskel... * in haskell, why do I need to specify type constraints, why can't the compiler figure them out? votes: 7, answers: 4 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4590975/in-haskell-why-do-i-need-to-speci... * Can someone explain to me the following Haskell expression votes: 6, answers: 2 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4589957/can-someone-explain-to-me-the-fol... * Parse XML in Haskell votes: 6, answers: 5 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4619206/parse-xml-in-haskell * Haskell: Record Update for Existential Types votes: 5, answers: 1 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4580211/haskell-record-update-for-existen... * Are there any more original, more functional Haskell web-frameworks? votes: 5, answers: 2 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4598091/are-there-any-more-original-more-... * Defining a data type that doesn't want to be defined.. votes: 5, answers: 1 Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4612830/defining-a-data-type-that-doesnt-... About the Haskell Weekly News You can find an html version of this newsletter at http://contemplatecode.blogspot.com/2011/01/haskell-weekly-news-issue-164.ht... To help create new editions of this newsletter, please send stories to dstcruz@gmail.com. I'm in dire need of finding good "quotes of the week". If you happen to come across any, please don't hesitate to send it along. Hope your 2011 is off to a good start! Until next time, Daniel Santa Cruz References 1. http://haskell.org/ 2. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18414 3. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/85062 4. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18418 5. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18415 6. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18416 7. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18417 8. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/85177