Welcome to issue 240 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of August 05 to 11, 2012.

Quotes of the Week

   * johnw: Monads are an interface, all bets are off until you see what
     the interface does for a given Type

   * Evbn: I heard that Untyped and Well Typed tried to set up a
     corporate softball league, but they couldn't agree on a ruleset to
     use.

   * wuttf: i think i have to learn this language, the type systems i
     know just dont feel right

Top Reddit Stories

   * Studying protein structures in Haskell
     Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 53, Comments: 6
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/94PA4
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/VJJD0

   * Haskell Live Episode 2: Time To Refactor is up!
     Domain: youtube.com, Score: 52, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/BOmK7
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/5wTVu

   * Announcing Raskell - user ratings for Hackage
     Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 43, Comments: 29
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/wgK4E
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/7q4RP

   * Yesod 1.1 Released
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 38, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/jiwLx
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/B5czq

   * Running Haskell on Raspberry Pi
     Domain: alenribic.com, Score: 37, Comments: 5
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/zPcDA
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/FsESS

   * Koka - a "function"-oriented language with side-effect inteference
     Domain: rise4fun.com, Score: 36, Comments: 18
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/lyKhA
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/n35n1

   * Is Haskell liberal or conservative? (Response post to Yegge)
     Domain: blog.ezyang.com, Score: 34, Comments: 51
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/AJ5Wp
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/Juis3

   * ANNOUNCE: basic-prelude
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 34, Comments: 8
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/iiDLq
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/4Taz0

   * ANNOUNCE: tardis
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 31, Comments: 3
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/e6yi7
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/590QR

   * Any Hackage mirrors? How do you deal with Hackage outages?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 30, Comments: 27
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/1BOMF
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/1BOMF

   * Is there a standard Haskell development setup for Vim?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 29, Comments: 44
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/gSRWp
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/gSRWp

   * O'Reilly Webinar this Thursday: Designing Type-Safe Haskell APIs
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 28, Comments: 8
     On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/GNogN
     Original: [24] http://goo.gl/ZRkrH

   * acid-state with Yesod
     Domain: meadowstalk.com, Score: 25, Comments: 13
     On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/NM4Bc
     Original: [26] http://goo.gl/8MDXo

   * Philip Wadler: Faith, Evolution, and Programming Languages [InfoQ]
     Domain: infoq.com, Score: 25, Comments: 6
     On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/WFxLq
     Original: [28] http://goo.gl/fBqx7

   * Hiring Haskell Developers (Singapore)
     Domain: cufp.org, Score: 22, Comments: 13
     On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/bhqrb
     Original: [30] http://goo.gl/umhh4

   * Verifying Software Transactional Memory: bisimulation in Agda [pdf]
     Domain: cs.nott.ac.uk, Score: 22, Comments: 
     On Reddit: [31] http://goo.gl/X1zvj
     Original: [32] http://goo.gl/vJ1gA

   * iterate (*2) 1
     Domain: postimage.org, Score: 17, Comments: 13
     On Reddit: [33] http://goo.gl/lwLv1
     Original: [34] http://goo.gl/lfIab

   * Error Handling: How would you solve this?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 16, Comments: 11
     On Reddit: [35] http://goo.gl/jHLZ8
     Original: [36] http://goo.gl/jHLZ8

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Advice defining a data structure in Haskell
     votes: 13, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/xVxlx

   * What is the preferred way to combine two sinks?
     votes: 13, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/QUczW

   * Why is numCapabilities a pure function?
     votes: 12, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/4HU27

   * Using generics to convert between types of the same “shape”
     votes: 10, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/gx8ZL

   * Controlling parallel execution
     votes: 9, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [41] http://goo.gl/zzvtU

   * Lists of lists of lists
     votes: 9, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [42] http://goo.gl/HEicW

   * Positive integer type
     votes: 8, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [43] http://goo.gl/xXY49

   * Haskell bit arrays
     votes: 7, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [44] http://goo.gl/g9TDQ

   * How to keep track of number of guesses in a simple guessing game (Haskell)
     votes: 6, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [45] http://goo.gl/VQaWn

   * A haskell program that controls the mouse
     votes: 5, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [46] http://goo.gl/rtveO

Until next time,
Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://www.haskellforall.com/2012/08/code-example-1.html
   2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y0wlw/studying_protein_structures_in_haskell/
   3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KkF5-_erns
   4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xy6gt/haskell_live_episode_2_time_to_refactor_is_up/
   5. http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2012-08-05-announcing-raskell.html
   6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xq5ap/announcing_raskell_user_ratings_for_hackage/
   7. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2012/08/announcing-yesod-1-1
   8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xujq6/yesod_11_released/
   9. http://alenribic.com/writings/post/running-haskell-on-raspberry-pi
  10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xs5hn/running_haskell_on_raspberry_pi/
  11. http://www.rise4fun.com/koka/tutorial
  12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xwe10/koka_a_functionoriented_language_with_sideeffect/
  13. http://blog.ezyang.com/2012/08/is-haskell-liberal-or-conservative/
  14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xzukd/is_haskell_liberal_or_conservative_response_post/
  15. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2012-August/023461.html
  16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y0kld/announce_basicprelude/
  17. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2012-August/023455.html
  18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xt7yg/announce_tardis/
  19. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y1tgc/any_hackage_mirrors_how_do_you_deal_with_hackage/
  20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y1tgc/any_hackage_mirrors_how_do_you_deal_with_hackage/
  21. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xxxyi/is_there_a_standard_haskell_development_setup_for/
  22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xxxyi/is_there_a_standard_haskell_development_setup_for/
  23. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2012/08/webinar-oreilly
  24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xrebo/oreilly_webinar_this_thursday_designing_typesafe/
  25. http://meadowstalk.com/post/migration-to-acid-state
  26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xs0t2/acidstate_with_yesod/
  27. http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Faith-Evolution-Programming-Languages
  28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xtusf/philip_wadler_faith_evolution_and_programming/
  29. http://cufp.org/jobs/haskell-development-role-within-quant-development-team-global-investme?goback=%2Egna_41001%2Egde_41001_member_142969787
  30. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xrpl4/hiring_haskell_developers_singapore/
  31. http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/hu-thesis.pdf
  32. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xw1p5/verifying_software_transactional_memory/
  33. http://postimage.org/image/ucqiynz17/
  34. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/xwfbm/iterate_2_1/
  35. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y1gg0/error_handling_how_would_you_solve_this/
  36. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y1gg0/error_handling_how_would_you_solve_this/
  37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11833920/advice-defining-a-data-structure-in-haskell
  38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11844523/what-is-the-preferred-way-to-combine-two-sinks
  39. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11851005/why-is-numcapabilities-a-pure-function
  40. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11887666/using-generics-to-convert-between-types-of-the-same-shape
  41. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11828654/controlling-parallel-execution
  42. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11850821/lists-of-lists-of-lists
  43. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11910143/positive-integer-type
  44. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11853306/haskell-bit-arrays
  45. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11856135/how-to-keep-track-of-number-of-guesses-in-a-simple-guessing-game-haskell
  46. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11896870/a-haskell-program-that-controls-the-mouse