Welcome to issue 237 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the week of July 15 to 21, 2012. Quotes of the Week * Eduard_Munteanu: Sufficiently advanced category theory is indistinguishable from trolling * Ralith just wait till I publish foldl'' / it is enterprise-ready Top Reddit Stories * Fay programming language — A strict subset of Haskell that compiles to JavaScript Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 146, Comments: 83 On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/hQdvT Original: [2] http://goo.gl/0DDKv * Lambda-case and multi-way if added to GHC head (for 7.6.1) Domain: hackage.haskell.org, Score: 68, Comments: 71 On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/YGZeV Original: [4] http://goo.gl/hulnj * Purify code using free monads Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 60, Comments: 47 On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/v8UPp Original: [6] http://goo.gl/fVtQY * Cloud Haskell Appetiser: an introductory glimpse at the new distributed-process package Domain: well-typed.com, Score: 38, Comments: 14 On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/zGI6e Original: [8] http://goo.gl/BlDQJ * Code Us Some Roguelike in Haskell (Part 2)! Domain: jamiltron.com, Score: 37, Comments: 6 On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/xPekY Original: [10] http://goo.gl/ZraR4 * The Power of Types Compels You Domain: paczesiowa.blogspot.com.au, Score: 33, Comments: 14 On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/NuZkM Original: [12] http://goo.gl/8djHL * RecordWildCards for localised module imports — what do you think? Domain: hpaste.org, Score: 30, Comments: 48 On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/L0WLp Original: [14] http://goo.gl/O8y1M * FRP - Translated slides from tutorial session Domain: apfelmus.nfshost.com, Score: 28, Comments: On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/9sNHU Original: [16] http://goo.gl/kqCWu * [PDF] First-Class Modules -- What happened? Domain: research.microsoft.com, Score: 27, Comments: 9 On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/V53sj Original: [18] http://goo.gl/JSFjJ * First class modules without defaults Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 23, Comments: 27 On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/1Q7B8 Original: [20] http://goo.gl/rbS9u * gotchas with -threaded GHC runtime: accessing a MVar after forkprocess Domain: joeyh.name, Score: 22, Comments: 4 On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/gpu1j Original: [22] http://goo.gl/ievD1 * A Tutorial on the Curry-Howard Correspondence Domain: wellnowwhat.net, Score: 20, Comments: 11 On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/5jHMT Original: [24] http://goo.gl/2lDg8 * The Haskell Implementors Workshop 2012 Programme is out! Domain: haskell.org, Score: 20, Comments: 6 On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/3q0Y3 Original: [26] http://goo.gl/pEvww * Minimize your cloud costs with GLPK: linear programming Domain: chrisstucchio.com, Score: 18, Comments: 2 On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/a1Awm Original: [28] http://goo.gl/pJUrt Top StackOverflow Questions * Profiling the cost of polymorphism? votes: 16, answers: 1 Read on SO: [29] http://goo.gl/en8Ab * hackage.haskell.org documentation convention meaning votes: 13, answers: 1 Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/knlpX * What is the 'Const' applicative functor useful for? votes: 13, answers: 2 Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/iGFgu * Why does State need a value? votes: 11, answers: 6 Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/BBvLN * Haskell module naming conventions votes: 9, answers: 2 Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/bTPSr * Haskell RSS, mail and XML library choices votes: 8, answers: 0 Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/4Jj0u * Haskell: Equality constraint in instance votes: 8, answers: 1 Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/GnS3X * Profiling a Haskell program votes: 8, answers: 4 Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/Z3DXo * How can I turn either a Unix POSIX file descriptor or standard input Handle into a Socket? votes: 7, answers: 2 Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/sIyf2 * Reify a module into a record votes: 7, answers: 1 Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/Q9QDQ * ByteStrings in Haskell: should I use Put or Builder? votes: 6, answers: 2 Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/lhtGW Until next time, Daniel Santa Cruz References 1. http://chrisdone.com/fay/ 2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wxi3l/fay_programming_language_a_st... 3. http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4359#comment:87 4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wp70x/lambdacase_and_multiway_if_ad... 5. http://www.haskellforall.com/2012/07/purify-code-using-free-monads.html 6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wtix3/purify_code_using_free_monads... 7. http://www.well-typed.com/blog/68 8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wx0im/cloud_haskell_appetiser_an_in... 9. http://jamiltron.com/2012/07/Code_Us_Some_Roguelike2.html 10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wwiar/code_us_some_roguelike_in_has... 11. http://paczesiowa.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/generalized-zipwithn.html 12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wr52t/the_power_of_types_compels_yo... 13. http://hpaste.org/71626 14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wp229/recordwildcards_for_localised... 15. http://apfelmus.nfshost.com/blog/2012/07/15-frp-tutorial-slides.html 16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wmt58/frp_translated_slides_from_tu... 17. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/Papers/first-class-mod... 18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wpeam/pdf_firstclass_modules_what_h... 19. http://www.haskellforall.com/2012/07/first-class-modules-without-defaults.ht... 20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wtx32/first_class_modules_without_d... 21. http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/ghc_threaded_runtime_gotchas/ 22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wxfp9/gotchas_with_threaded_ghc_run... 23. http://wellnowwhat.net/Programming/Curry-Howard.pdf 24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wpu3e/a_tutorial_on_the_curryhoward... 25. http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/HaskellImplementorsWorkshop/2012#Programm... 26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wr2h6/the_haskell_implementors_work... 27. http://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2012/linear_programming.html 28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wnegn/minimize_your_cloud_costs_wit... 29. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11538977/profiling-the-cost-of-polymorphi... 30. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11526701/hackage-haskell-org-documentatio... 31. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11532050/what-is-the-const-applicative-fu... 32. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11583489/why-does-state-need-a-value 33. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11594983/haskell-module-naming-convention... 34. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11495877/haskell-rss-mail-and-xml-library... 35. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11553705/haskell-equality-constraint-in-i... 36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11594481/profiling-a-haskell-program 37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11558584/how-can-i-turn-either-a-unix-pos... 38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11571520/reify-a-module-into-a-record 39. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11512313/bytestrings-in-haskell-should-i-...