Welcome to issue 247 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the week of September 30 to October 6, 2012. Quotes of the Week * monochrom: 98% of people lack the property that they're members of the other 2% * ManuelChakravarty: We used to say, "Learn Haskell, it makes you a better Java programmer." Now we say, "Learn Agda, it makes you a better Haskell programmer." * Cale: data Nature a = Rock a | Stream (Nature a) | Bush (Nature a) (Nature a) * rwbarton: type inference is supposed to be the compiler's job, not the reader's job * ShelSilverstein: Lazy Lazy Lazy Lazy Lazy Lazy Jane. She wants a drink of water so she waits and waits and waits and waits and waits for it to rain. * Cale: We're up to 950 users which apparently means that any beginner question is now answered by 4 people. * YayMe: When I first started playing with haskell I could barely sleep for 2 days because of how confused it made me * EvanLaforge: Then we can tell them about how we had to walk in the snow both ways uphill fighting space leaks with bare hands while they just have to read about it. * nand: every time I try arguing semantics, I come to the conclusion that every word is the exact same thing and refers to anything * bfig: i have been reborn as a haskell programer after finding Debug.Trace Top Reddit Stories * Factorization diagrams Domain: mathlesstraveled.com, Score: 82, Comments: 11 On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/Jrk0M Original: [2] http://goo.gl/kXkiV * The New Cloud Haskell Domain: well-typed.com, Score: 73, Comments: 21 On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/hcRJJ Original: [4] http://goo.gl/0oWfj * GHC HEAD now features Agda-like Holes Domain: hpaste.org, Score: 66, Comments: 43 On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/J8bIu Original: [6] http://goo.gl/297jv * FizzBuzz Revisited using Monoids Domain: dave.fayr.am, Score: 55, Comments: 68 On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/nqIsE Original: [8] http://goo.gl/995Zq * Which advanced Haskell topics interest you? (Survey) Domain: docs.google.com, Score: 39, Comments: 12 On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/Djy63 Original: [10] http://goo.gl/K5pRm * A fast new SipHash implementation Domain: serpentine.com, Score: 34, Comments: 8 On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/ZGSxD Original: [12] http://goo.gl/GiD3F * Communication Patterns in Cloud Haskell (Part 1): master-slave, work-stealing and work-pushing Domain: well-typed.com, Score: 33, Comments: 10 On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/IRr8s Original: [14] http://goo.gl/6vUyY * Category and lenses Domain: web.jaguarpaw.co.uk, Score: 28, Comments: 2 On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/r6Ajl Original: [16] http://goo.gl/VwtQP * Yesod Tutorial 1 at FP Complete Domain: fpcomplete.com, Score: 28, Comments: 15 On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/wnUkh Original: [18] http://goo.gl/kvCMu * The usual type signatures for foldl and foldr are confusing Domain: self.haskell, Score: 27, Comments: 63 On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/XGHq8 Original: [20] http://goo.gl/XGHq8 * Haskell Symposium 2012 (with youtube links) Domain: haskell.org, Score: 27, Comments: 1 On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/7Dz89 Original: [22] http://goo.gl/I1XXa * Solving a Partial Differential Equation Comonadically Domain: idontgetoutmuch.wordpress.com, Score: 27, Comments: 2 On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/Qxwjq Original: [24] http://goo.gl/lBm12 * Need a math related Haskell project suggestion Domain: self.haskell, Score: 22, Comments: 20 On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/o3lYl Original: [26] http://goo.gl/o3lYl * Algebraically Interpreting Polymorphism Domain: stackoverflow.com, Score: 21, Comments: 12 On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/3SCA9 Original: [28] http://goo.gl/wC6rm Top StackOverflow Questions * Why is seq bad? votes: 18, answers: 1 Read on SO: [29] http://goo.gl/IwVYS * Can I speed up this Haskell algorithm? votes: 18, answers: 3 Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/PSVUB * Is there a library that uses ConstraintKinds to generalize all the base type classes to allow constraints? votes: 15, answers: 1 Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/MfTMC * What are skolems? votes: 15, answers: 2 Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/qEnEI * What does it usually mean when a Haskell record accessor leads with an underscore? votes: 14, answers: 3 Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/3YD1n * How does this piece of obfuscated Haskell code work? votes: 12, answers: 1 Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/rLtFG * How to implement a game loop in reactive-banana? votes: 12, answers: 1 Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/nx3zR * How do Haskell currying and pattern matching work together? votes: 9, answers: 1 Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/jBCz0 * How does the constraints package work? votes: 9, answers: 1 Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/mb2na * In haskell, What does :+: mean in data type definition? votes: 9, answers: 1 Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/kv0Yn * Monad m => a -> [a -> m a] -> m a votes: 9, answers: 1 Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/ns8FG * How to decorate a Tree in Haskell votes: 7, answers: 2 Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/kBn66 Until next time, Daniel Santa Cruz References 1. http://mathlesstraveled.com/2012/10/05/factorization-diagrams/ 2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1117h2/factorization_diagrams/ 3. http://www.well-typed.com/blog/70 4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10y089/the_new_cloud_haskell/ 5. http://hpaste.org/75668 6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10u7xr/ghc_head_now_features_agdali... 7. http://dave.fayr.am/posts/2012-10-4-finding-fizzbuzz.html 8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10zlyy/fizzbuzz_revisited_using_mon... 9. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE1QZFNRLTFMdkllYWIyR2F... 10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10r2yk/which_advanced_haskell_topic... 11. http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2012/10/02/a-fast-new-siphash-implementation-... 12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10u381/a_fast_new_siphash_implement... 13. http://www.well-typed.com/blog/71 14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10zo6t/communication_patterns_in_cl... 15. http://web.jaguarpaw.co.uk/~tom/blog/2012/09/30/category-and-lenses.html 16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10ph2c/category_and_lenses/ 17. http://fpcomplete.com/yesod-tutorial-1-my-first-web-site/ 18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10seol/yesod_tutorial_1_at_fp_compl... 19. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10q2ls/the_usual_type_signatures_fo... 20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10q2ls/the_usual_type_signatures_fo... 21. http://www.haskell.org/haskell-symposium/2012/index.html 22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10xafx/haskell_symposium_2012_with_... 23. http://idontgetoutmuch.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/solving-a-partial-differenti... 24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10zy51/solving_a_partial_differenti... 25. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10zf9c/need_a_math_related_haskell_... 26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10zf9c/need_a_math_related_haskell_... 27. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10453558/algebraically-interpreting-polym... 28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/10rt4y/algebraically_interpreting_p... 29. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12687392/why-is-seq-bad 30. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12730503/can-i-speed-up-this-haskell-algo... 31. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12697348/is-there-a-library-that-uses-con... 32. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12719435/what-are-skolems 33. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12746229/what-does-it-usually-mean-when-a... 34. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12659951/how-does-this-piece-of-obfuscate... 35. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12685430/how-to-implement-a-game-loop-in-... 36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12658936/how-do-haskell-currying-and-patt... 37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12728159/how-does-the-constraints-package... 38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12733171/in-haskell-what-does-mean-in-dat... 39. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12755655/monad-m-a-a-m-a-m-a 40. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12658443/how-to-decorate-a-tree-in-haskel...