Welcome to issue 294 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers from May 4 to 24, 2014 Quotes of the Week * dalaing: going from doing a fair bit of haskell recently to doing javascript today... sigh... it feels like the difference between typing at a keyboard and typing with a pair of those sporting-event-foam-hands-with-a-pointing-finger on * monochrom: to be blunt, I believe that "I do X for a living" means nothing. politicians do politics for a living too, what is the result? * Cale: Java seems like it was designed especially to be a strawman for people who hate static type systems * ReinH: Every so often edwardk goes up to the mountain of CT and brings us some new tablets edwardk: hear that dolio? we're going to start calling you the mountain. Top Reddit Stories * #haskell is welcoming and troll resistent (just found this by accident) Domain: gist.github.com, Score: 172, Comments: 19 Original: [1] http://goo.gl/TCiMW On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/JZNY3M * $7.5m DoD grant to develop Homotopy Type Theory Domain: cmu.edu, Score: 117, Comments: 70 Original: [3] http://goo.gl/EmSlbE On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/sKjGIl * Understanding the Stack Domain: well-typed.com, Score: 102, Comments: 13 Original: [5] http://goo.gl/qo9m5O On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/MVvaQn * Elm 0.12.3 - efficient 3D rendering with WebGL Domain: elm-lang.org, Score: 82, Comments: 19 Original: [7] http://goo.gl/iATfSi On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/QJ5ttp * An example of a Real World Haskell Application Architecture Domain: self.haskell, Score: 68, Comments: 36 Original: [9] http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x * ezyang: “try a <|> b” considered harmful Domain: blog.ezyang.com, Score: 67, Comments: 29 Original: [11] http://goo.gl/BEkC6W On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/3oql5l * 9m URL Shortener (Written in Haskell) Domain: 9m.no, Score: 67, Comments: 27 Original: [13] http://goo.gl/E0NoYv On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/n4cyN5 * Announce: JHC 0.8.1 IS OUT Domain: notanumber.net, Score: 66, Comments: 14 Original: [15] http://goo.gl/n6qAcf On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/wSMrva * Haskell for Mac OS X, self-contained relocatable GHC builds Domain: ghcformacosx.github.io, Score: 64, Comments: 35 Original: [17] http://goo.gl/CvsYC7 On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/WcIBw5 * Binary serialisation: better, stronger, faster (PDF, Duncan Coutts, March 2014) Domain: code.haskell.org, Score: 63, Comments: 39 Original: [19] http://goo.gl/r4xShZ On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/xhJRbg * CS240h lecture notes Domain: scs.stanford.edu, Score: 61, Comments: 8 Original: [21] http://goo.gl/F39zHe On Reddit: [22] http://goo.gl/AQqrUj * Haskell-mode documentation Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 58, Comments: 28 Original: [23] http://goo.gl/XzKMCk On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/DZBQtO * PSA: you can now visit status.haskell.org Domain: status.haskell.org, Score: 58, Comments: 19 Original: [25] http://goo.gl/oRHfsn On Reddit: [26] http://goo.gl/Ye9YU2 * Once more into the teach, dear friends Domain: serpentine.com, Score: 57, Comments: 11 Original: [27] http://goo.gl/L8Csnm On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/AyF2Fs * What Features Would You Like to Find in a Haskell IDE? Domain: self.haskell, Score: 57, Comments: 90 Original: [29] http://goo.gl/Pvo32I On Reddit: [30] http://goo.gl/Pvo32I * Adventure with Types in Haskell - Simon Peyton Jones [1:33:36] Domain: youtu.be, Score: 57, Comments: 10 Original: [31] http://goo.gl/L9wGWe On Reddit: [32] http://goo.gl/sL3u8i * Ars Technica has Haskell as one of three potential heirs to Fortran's scientific computing throne Domain: arstechnica.com, Score: 56, Comments: 78 Original: [33] http://goo.gl/lxWcdK On Reddit: [34] http://goo.gl/kCxUS9 Top StackOverflow Questions * Why does Haskell's “do nothing” function, id, consume tons of memory? votes: 72, answers: 1 Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/8awkSk * Are Ana-/Catamorphisms just slower? votes: 29, answers: 2 Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/wcmkQw * Code becomes slower as more boxed arrays are allocated votes: 22, answers: 2 Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/qfKo2a * Which part of Real World Haskell is now obsolete or considered bad practise? votes: 22, answers: 1 Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/EtT51x Until next time, [39]+Daniel Santa Cruz References 1. https://gist.github.com/quchen/5280339 2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2516e4/haskell_is_welcoming_and_tro... 3. http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2014/april/april28_awodeygrant.html 4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24rs73/75m_dod_grant_to_develop_hom... 5. http://www.well-typed.com/blog/94/ 6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2641x0/understanding_the_stack/ 7. http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/0.12.3.elm 8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/261abs/elm_0123_efficient_3d_render... 9. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_h... 10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_h... 11. http://blog.ezyang.com/2014/05/parsec-try-a-or-b-considered-harmful/ 12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ulsv/ezyang_try_a_b_considered_ha... 13. http://9m.no/ 14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/267evu/9m_url_shortener_written_in_... 15. http://notanumber.net/archives/178/jhc-haskell-0-8-1-released 16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25o33n/announce_jhc_081_is_out/ 17. http://ghcformacosx.github.io/ 18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/26bx5n/haskell_for_mac_os_x_selfcon... 19. http://code.haskell.org/~duncan/binary-experiment/binary.pdf 20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ch8v/binary_serialisation_better_... 21. http://www.scs.stanford.edu/14sp-cs240h/slides/ 22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25i99i/cs240h_lecture_notes/ 23. http://chrisdone.com/posts/haskell-mode-docs 24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2583sm/haskellmode_documentation/ 25. http://status.haskell.org/ 26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2653kp/psa_you_can_now_visit_status... 27. http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2014/05/13/once-more-into-the-teach-dear-frie... 28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25iqk7/once_more_into_the_teach_dea... 29. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like... 30. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like... 31. http://youtu.be/6COvD8oynmI 32. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25vj62/adventure_with_types_in_hask... 33. http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/scientific-computings-future-can-any-... 34. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/250558/ars_technica_has_haskell_as_... 35. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23746852/why-does-haskells-do-nothing-fun... 36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23664197/are-ana-catamorphisms-just-slowe... 37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23462004/code-becomes-slower-as-more-boxe... 38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23727768/which-part-of-real-world-haskell... 39. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about