Welcome to issue 241 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of August 12 to 18, 2012.

Quotes of the Week

   * monochrom: seq is a suggestion. pseq is an order.

   * johnw: Haskell is like using a finely crafted blade to whittle
     yourself a canoe, as your friends pass by on their cruise liner and
     wonder what you're up to

Top Reddit Stories

   * Yesod gets financial backing.
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 76, Comments: 23
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/isVxZ
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/aTtqC

   * The category design pattern
     Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 65, Comments: 32
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/Owrgh
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/iDEen

   * I remember the time before monads | free variable
     Domain: free-variable.org, Score: 64, Comments: 5
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/41Utn
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/febU9

   * GHC 7.6.1 Release Candidate 1
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 55, Comments: 33
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/weAei
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/QHtd7

   * PVP: upper bounds are not our friends
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 49, Comments: 94
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/8ihwE
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/0YbGl

   * MongoDB on the hunt for Haskell Evangelist
     Domain: haskellers.com, Score: 36, Comments: 17
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/X1WLL
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/TYDdE

   * Raspberry Pi in a Haskell Cloud
     Domain: alenribic.com, Score: 33, Comments: 6
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/esAHP
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/me7ob

   * Practical Foundations for Programming Languages (first impressions)
     Domain: blog.ezyang.com, Score: 30, Comments: 
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/FjrY1
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/8AzpC

   * Scoutess GSoC project finished!
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 28, Comments: 4
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/hRzvC
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/hRzvC

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Subtype polymorphism in Haskell
     votes: 17, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [19] http://goo.gl/xERPq

   * Is it possible to use a bracketing syntactic sugar for an 
     applicative functor?
     votes: 14, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [20] http://goo.gl/3EH63

   * Useful operations on free arrows
     votes: 11, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [21] http://goo.gl/BQ6ry

   * Against cold boot attacks: how to restrain sensitive information in Haskell
     votes: 9, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [22] http://goo.gl/kUOn2

   * GHCi and compiled code seem to behave differently
     votes: 7, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [23] http://goo.gl/q8yJi

   * Implementing Iota in Haskell
     votes: 7, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [24] http://goo.gl/KonKf

   * Understanding STG
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [25] http://goo.gl/uQmKn

   * Quickcheck for non-boolean tests
     votes: 6, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [26] http://goo.gl/on6jt

   * Screen capture in Haskell?
     votes: 6, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [27] http://goo.gl/7xIX5

   * typeclass challenge: having both variadic arguments and results
     votes: 6, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [28] http://goo.gl/8aA6Z

Until next time,
Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2012/08/joining-forces-advance-haskell
   2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y62j3/yesod_gets_financial_backing/
   3. http://www.haskellforall.com/2012/08/the-category-design-pattern.html
   4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/yfhem/the_category_design_pattern/
   5. http://www.free-variable.org/2012/08/i-remember-the-time-before-monads/
   6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y87rh/i_remember_the_time_before_monads_free_variable/
   7. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2012-August/022671.html
   8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y3vzd/ghc_761_release_candidate_1/
   9. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2012-August/102885.html
  10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ydkcq/pvp_upper_bounds_are_not_our_friends/
  11. http://www.haskellers.com/jobs/18
  12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/yc1no/mongodb_on_the_hunt_for_haskell_evangelist/
  13. http://alenribic.com/writings/post/raspberry-pi-in-a-haskell-cloud
  14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ydvn2/raspberry_pi_in_a_haskell_cloud/
  15. http://blog.ezyang.com/2012/08/practical-foundations-for-programming-languages/
  16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/yda6c/practical_foundations_for_programming_languages/
  17. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y9v83/scoutess_gsoc_project_finished/
  18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/y9v83/scoutess_gsoc_project_finished/
  19. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12002979/subtype-polymorphism-in-haskell
  20. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12014524/is-it-possible-to-use-a-bracketing-syntactic-sugar-for-an-applicative-functor
  21. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12001350/useful-operations-on-free-arrows
  22. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11932246/against-cold-boot-attacks-how-to-restrain-sensitive-information-in-haskell
  23. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11926398/ghci-and-compiled-code-seem-to-behave-differently
  24. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11960809/implementing-iota-in-haskell
  25. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11921683/understanding-stg
  26. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11942554/quickcheck-for-non-boolean-tests
  27. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11963561/screen-capture-in-haskell
  28. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12014420/typeclass-challenge-having-both-variadic-arguments-and-results