Welcome to issue 164 of the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in
the [1]Haskell community. This release covers the week of January 2 to
8, 2011.
Announcements
Ben Millwood [2]announced the release of haskell-src-meta 0.3. He tells
us that this release adds support for GHC 7, and for TH 2.5, along with
other improvements.
Mitar announced [3]a new version ef Etage, a general data-flow
framework.
Malcolm Wallace had [4]some news from the Haskell Language Committee.
One of the points mentioned is that there will _not_ be a language
standard called 2011, with the committee intending to issue a new
language standard in 2012.
Simon Peyton-Jones [5]invited members from the community to submit
papers for the Workshop on Intermediate Representations 2011. The
deadline is January 21.
Clemens Grelck wanted to alert everyone that the [6]new deadline for
papers for the Eighth International Workshop on Practical Aspects of
High-Level Parallel Programming (PAPP 2011) to be held June 1-3, 2011,
in Tsukuba, Japan.
Emanuel Kitzelmann extended a [7]call for papers for the 4th
International Workshop on Approaches and Applications of Inductive
Programming (AAIP 2011) to be held July 19, 2011, in Odense, Denmark.
Maciej Piechotka announced the [8]first release of nanoparsec.
"Nanoparsec is currently simply a port of attoparsec on the
ListLike--the abstraction of lists used by iteratee.
Top Reddit Stories
* Why Lisp is a Big Hack (And Haskell is Doomed to Succeed)
Domain: axisofeval.blogspot.com, Score: 69, Comments: 15
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evbz5/why_lisp_is_a_big_hack_and_haskell_is_doomed_to/
Original:
http://axisofeval.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-lisp-is-big-hack-and-haskell-is.html
* I ported Clojure's Persistent Vectors and Hash Maps to Haskell
Domain: blog.wuwon.id.au, Score: 54, Comments: 2
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evzhz/i_ported_clojures_persistent_vectors_and_hash/
Original:
http://blog.wuwon.id.au/2011/01/persistent-vectors-and-hash-maps-for.html
* 3 Big Haskell Infrastructure Projects That Would Be Cool
Domain: cdsmith.wordpress.com, Score: 31, Comments: 8
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evt56/3_big_haskell_infrastructure_projects_that_would/
Original: http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/big-ideas-for-haskell/
* Merging binary and cereal
Domain: blog.johantibell.com, Score: 31, Comments:
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ewvpv/merging_binary_and_cereal/
Original:
http://blog.johantibell.com/2011/01/merging-binary-and-cereal.html
* Haskell library improvements I'd like to see
Domain: blog.johantibell.com, Score: 28, Comments:
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evm0g/haskell_library_improvements_id_like_to_see/
Original:
http://blog.johantibell.com/2011/01/haskell-library-improvements-id-like-to.html
* You can use GHC for the mac app store
Domain: github.com, Score: 20, Comments: 8
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/exxal/you_can_use_ghc_for_the_mac_app_store/
Original:
https://github.com/nfjinjing/haskell-cocoa-currency-converter-example
* Sudoku Solver in Haskell
Domain: antimatroid.wordpress.com, Score: 18, Comments: 7
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ev1i0/sudoku_solver_in_haskell/
Original:
http://antimatroid.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/sudoku-solver-in-haskell/
* Job Board for Functional Programmers
Domain: functionaljobs.com, Score: 15, Comments: 6
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evi5d/job_board_for_functional_programmers/
Original: http://functionaljobs.com
* Haskell library for analysis and synthesis of Go code.
Domain: hackage.haskell.org, Score: 15, Comments: 6
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ex43z/haskell_library_for_analysis_and_synthesis_of_go/
Original: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/language-go
* Hello Reddit! I implemented Levenshtein automata in Haskell after
reading that 'Damn Cool Algorithm' blog post -- what do you think?
Domain: self.haskell, Score: 14, Comments: 4
On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ewl7o/hello_reddit_i_implemented_levenshtein_automata/
Original:
/r/haskell/comments/ewl7o/hello_reddit_i_implemented_levenshtein_automata/
Top StackOverflow Questions
* Why do we need 'seq' or 'pseq' with 'par' in Haskell?
votes: 9, answers: 2
Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4576734/why-do-we-need-seq-or-pseq-with-par-in-haskell
* Complex data structures in Haskell - how do they work?
votes: 8, answers: 2
Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4597262/complex-data-structures-in-haskell-how-do-they-work
* Mutability in functional programming
votes: 8, answers: 3
Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4619500/mutability-in-functional-programming
* Where can I learn advanced Haskell?
votes: 8, answers: 6
Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4634962/where-can-i-learn-advanced-haskell
* in haskell, why do I need to specify type constraints, why can't
the compiler figure them out?
votes: 7, answers: 4
Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4590975/in-haskell-why-do-i-need-to-specify-type-constraints-why-cant-the-compiler-fig
* Can someone explain to me the following Haskell expression
votes: 6, answers: 2
Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4589957/can-someone-explain-to-me-the-following-haskell-expression
* Parse XML in Haskell
votes: 6, answers: 5
Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4619206/parse-xml-in-haskell
* Haskell: Record Update for Existential Types
votes: 5, answers: 1
Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4580211/haskell-record-update-for-existential-types
* Are there any more original, more functional Haskell web-frameworks?
votes: 5, answers: 2
Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4598091/are-there-any-more-original-more-functional-haskell-web-frameworks
* Defining a data type that doesn't want to be defined..
votes: 5, answers: 1
Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4612830/defining-a-data-type-that-doesnt-want-to-be-defined
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Hope your 2011 is off to a good start! Until next time,
Daniel Santa Cruz
References
1. http://haskell.org/
2. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18414
3. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/85062
4. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18418
5. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18415
6. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18416
7. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18417
8. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/85177
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