Welcome to issue 252 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of November 18 to 24, 2012.

Quotes of the Week

   * rwbarton: edwardk now has Lens under Control

   * atriq: My son looks a bit like me, he can put away the plates after
     dinner now thanks to edwardk!

   * mgsloan: Lens got 99 operators, but a (|>) ain't one.

   * hiptobecubic: I feel like this program is just a bunch of glue and
     duct tape holding a bottle of nitroglycerine off of the ground.

   * xplat: Some software is worth trying; most is just plain trying.

   * edwardk: Control.Lens is my secret ploy to get everyone to give up
     on Haskell and just move on to Agda as they find the Haskell types
     too complicated by comparison.

   * rwbarton: alpha reduction is what happens when you let edwardk
     maintain your module

   * edwardk: er that was a tongue sticking out, not an operator
     suggestion

Top Reddit Stories

   * [Haskell] Leaving Microsoft
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 139, Comments: 24
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/DnzZF
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/eVcXi

   * Help Nikki (Game written in Haskell) jump on Steam!
     Domain: joyridelabs.de, Score: 77, Comments: 8
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/EzLh8
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/H84Nl

   * Gaussian distributions are monoids
     Domain: izbicki.me, Score: 46, Comments: 24
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/i4keo
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/C0gnN

   * Getting Started with Lenses
     Domain: newartisans.com, Score: 42, Comments: 32
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/nv4ab
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/h2zCa

   * Designing the Haskell IDE
     Domain: fpcomplete.com, Score: 41, Comments: 112
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/yz1Rf
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/gpJd7

   * Putting haskell down
     Domain: b7j0c.org, Score: 33, Comments: 279
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/8JWmr
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/tZcbj

   * London Haskell Video (24-Oct-2012) – Why Do Monads Matter?
     Domain: youtube.com, Score: 33, Comments: 5
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/uWH6w
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/KqDji

   * Combinatorial species definition (Brent Yorgey)
     Domain: byorgey.wordpress.com, Score: 31, Comments: 
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/0llrA
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/PWIep

   * PhD Positions in Functional Programming at Chalmers 
     (appl. deadline 2012-12-12)
     Domain: chalmers.se, Score: 28, Comments: 
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/WAmYP
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/JenYO

   * Video of the presentations at the first NYC Haskell User's Group meetup.
     Domain: vimeo.com, Score: 25, Comments: 10
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/rxN75
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/uV4wc

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Where to start with dependent type programming?
     votes: 16, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [21] http://goo.gl/HXdOu

   * What other ways can state be handled in a pure functional 
     language besides with Monads?
     votes: 13, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [22] http://goo.gl/D86hV

   * Why are some Prelude functions defined in terms of foldl?
     votes: 8, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [23] http://goo.gl/wewrb

   * cabal FFI dependency
     votes: 8, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [24] http://goo.gl/JFtJM

   * How to write Ctrl-C handler in Haskell?
     votes: 7, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [25] http://goo.gl/pS651

   * Why does the 2-tuple Functor instance only apply the function 
     to the second element?
     votes: 5, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [26] http://goo.gl/qGgSv

   * Type Families with GHC.Generics or Data.Data
     votes: 5, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [27] http://goo.gl/mERdP

   * Haskell Programmatically/Dynamically Define Functions
     votes: 5, answers: 6
     Read on SO: [28] http://goo.gl/22Wf0

   * is this implementation of merge sort good?
     votes: 5, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [29] http://goo.gl/Skznl

   * Railroad diagrams for Haskell?
     votes: 5, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/ZeJa9

   * Is FRP a proper way to implement most “event-driven” things?
     votes: 5, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/QglPp

   * Stack overflow in very simple code
     votes: 5, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/wB0kg

   * Mapping over Either's Left
     votes: 5, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/oJX4v

   * Haskell - strict vs non-strict with foldl
     votes: 5, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/3ElzK


Until next time,
Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2012-November/023566.html
   2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13m8eu/haskell_leaving_microsoft/
   3. http://joyridelabs.de/blog/?p=1548
   4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13muex/help_nikki_game_written_in_haskell_jump_on_steam/
   5. http://izbicki.me/blog/gausian-distributions-are-monoids
   6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13qyg2/gaussian_distributions_are_monoids/
   7. http://newartisans.com/2012/11/getting-started-with-lenses/
   8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13l9vj/getting_started_with_lenses/
   9. http://fpcomplete.com/designing-the-haskell-ide/
  10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13gn8k/designing_the_haskell_ide/
  11. https://www.b7j0c.org/blog/putting_haskell_down.html
  12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13g0ul/putting_haskell_down/
  13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q8xYFDYLeI
  14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13nwxu/london_haskell_video_24oct2012_why_do_monads/
  15. http://byorgey.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/combinatorial-species-definition/
  16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13iz3p/combinatorial_species_definition_brent_yorgey/
  17. http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=900&rmlang=UK
  18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13nxtx/phd_positions_in_functional_programming_at/
  19. http://vimeo.com/53906049
  20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/13hyjt/video_of_the_presentations_at_the_first_nyc/
  21. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13497865/where-to-start-with-dependent-type-programming
  22. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13536761/what-other-ways-can-state-be-handled-in-a-pure-functional-language-besides-with
  23. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13474932/why-are-some-prelude-functions-defined-in-terms-of-foldl
  24. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13544642/cabal-ffi-dependency
  25. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13441676/how-to-write-ctrl-c-handler-in-haskell
  26. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13442544/why-does-the-2-tuple-functor-instance-only-apply-the-function-to-the-second-elem
  27. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13448361/type-families-with-ghc-generics-or-data-data
  28. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13452907/haskell-programmatically-dynamically-define-functions
  29. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13455849/is-this-implementation-of-merge-sort-good
  30. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13485374/railroad-diagrams-for-haskell
  31. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13486293/is-frp-a-proper-way-to-implement-most-event-driven-things
  32. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13489676/stack-overflow-in-very-simple-code
  33. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13503965/mapping-over-eithers-left
  34. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13533586/haskell-strict-vs-non-strict-with-foldl