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HDBC 1.0
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The GHC Hackathon
  
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/13879 released] the latest HDBC. HDBC is a database tool, modeled loosely on Perl's DBI interface, though it has also been influenced by Python's DB-API v2, JDBC in Java, and HSQL in Haskell. You can find the code [http://quux.org/devel/hdbc here].
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/13838 announced] that GHC HQ are going to run a hackathon, in Portland, just before ICFP this September (14-15th). It'll be held at Galois's offices, in Beaverton. Thanks go to [http://galois.com Galois] for hosting the meeting. [http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Hackathon Here] are the details. If you are interested in finding out a bit about how GHC works inside, then you should find the hackathon fun. It will be informal and interactive. If you think you might come, please take a look at the above page, and register.
  
 
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hpodder
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Bytecode API library
  
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/13880 announced] the first release of hpodder. hpodder is a podcast downloader (podcatcher) written in pure Haskell. It exists because John was unsatisfied with the other podcatchers for Linux. Full details [http://quux.org/devel/hpodder here].
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hmp3 1.1
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</em>. Don Stewart
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/13864 announced] a new release of hmp3, the curses-based mp3 player written in Haskell. Release 1.1 is a maintenance release, fixing support for GHC 6.4.2
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HSP.Clientside 0.001
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</em>. Joel Bjornson
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/13851 announced] a prerelease version of Hsp.Clientside. This is Joel's [http://code.google.com/soc/haskell/about.html Summer of Code] project aiming to add support for client-side script generation in Haskell Server Pages. The basic building blocks for embedding Javascript has been implemented. As the project proceeds a suitable programming model based on these components will be added. Hopefully this will also include some kind of higher level Ajax support. For more information see [http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~bjornson/soc here].
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QDBM and Hyper Estraier bindings
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.libraries/4821 released] a library of bindings to Quick DBM, a database module similar to GDBM, Berkeley-DB, optimized for performance and a simple API. Additionally, Jun's code includes support for Hyper Estraier, a full-text search system using QDBM, with the ability to search documents according to keywords.
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Streams 0.2
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.libraries/4820 announced] the beta release of his Streams 0.2 library, providing fast string and binary IO, now with Data.ByteString support.
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HNOP 0.1
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/13881 released] the first version of HNOP 0.1. HNOP does nothing. This version should be considered "beta" quality.
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HList updates
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</em>. Oleg Kiselyov
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/13905 announced] that HList, the library for strongly typed heterogeneous lists, records, type-indexed products (TIP) and co-products is now accessible via darcs, [http://darcs.haskell.org/HList/ here]. Additionally, Oleg pointed to some new features for HList, including a new representation for open records. Finally, he [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/13906 published] a note on how HList supports, natively, polymorphic variants: extensible recursive open sum datatypes, quite similar to Polymorphic variants of OCaml. HList thus solves the `expression problem' -- the ability to add new variants to a datatype without changing the existing code.
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Haskell IO Inside
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/13409 wrote] a new introductory tutorial to IO in Haskell, [http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/IO_inside Down the Rabbit's Hole].
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Bytecode API 0.2
 
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.yhc/134 announced] a release of an alpha version of a library for reading and writing the YHC bytecode file format. It reads and writes the entire bytecode set, version 1.9 (the one used by recent YHC builds). [http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~rdocki01/yhc-bytecode.html Check it out].
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[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.yhc/146 published] the Yhc Bytecode API version 0.2. More details [http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~rdocki01/yhc-bytecode.html here].
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Translating Haskell into English
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[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9096 published] a new Haskell tutorial, hoping to give readers a glimpse of the Zen of Haskell, without requiring that they already be Haskell converts.
 
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<em>Google Summer of Code</em>. The Haskell.org team
  
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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2006-May/017999.html announced]
  
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that nine Haskell projects have been selected to receive funding to the
  
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[http://code.google.com/soc Summer of Code]
 
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the community important tools and libraries. The students have until
  
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<em>Haskell Communities & Activities Report</em>. Andres Loeh
  
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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2006-June/018071.html published]
 
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the 10th edition of the Haskell Communities and Activities
  
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Report (HCAR). If you haven't encountered the Haskell Communities and
  
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Activities Reports before, you may like to know that the first of these reports
  
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with, or inspired by Haskell.
  
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Read the 10th edition [http://www.haskell.org/communities/ here].
  
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<em>Would you like a job working on GHC?</em>. Simon Peyton-Jones
 
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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2006-June/018068.html announced]
  
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that GHC HQ is looking for support engineer. The Glasgow Haskell
  
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<em>Shellac and Lambda Shell 0.3</em>. Robert Dockins
  
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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2006-May/018041.html announced]
  
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the simultaneous release of Shellac 0.3 and Lambda Shell 0.3.
 
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Shellac is a library for creating read-eval-print style shells. It makes
 
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lambda calculus and a showcase/tutorial for Shellac's features.
  
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<em>darcs-graph</em>. Don Stewart released
  
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[http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/darcs-graph.html darcs-graph],
  
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<em>VersionTool 1.0</em>. Manuel Chakravarty
  
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<em>Streams 0.1e</em>. Bulat Ziganshin
  
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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2006-June/018063.html released]
  
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Streams library version 0.1e. Now cabalised and BSD-ified.
  
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<em>Hitchhikers guide to Haskell - chapter 5</em>. Dmitry Astapov
  
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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2006-June/015966.html announced]
 
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that chapter 5 of his online tutorial, the
  
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Hitchhikers guide to Haskell, is available. Changes include: It's
  
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<em>Haskell Shell (HSH) 0.1.0</em>. John Goerzen
  
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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2006-June/018059.html released]
  
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version 0.1.0 of HSH, the Haskell shell. Things are still very
  
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<em>Edison 1.2</em>. Robert Dockins
  
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<em>Arrays & References Library 0.1</em>. Bulat Ziganshin
  
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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2006-June/018044.html announced]
  
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version 0.1of his arrays and references library. Featuring:
  
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<em>Kamiariduki</em> Shelarcy
  
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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2006-June/018043.html released]
  
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Kamiariduki - a system to judge your derivative work's purpose
  
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and license is valid with Ceative Commons License Works.
  
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<em>lambdabot 4.0</em>. Don Stewart
  
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the release of version 4.0 of the venerable Haskell IRC bot, lambdabot.
  
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Revision as of 03:15, 3 July 2006

2006-07-03

  • HDBC 1.0 . John Goerzen released the latest HDBC. HDBC is a database tool, modeled loosely on Perl's DBI interface, though it has also been influenced by Python's DB-API v2, JDBC in Java, and HSQL in Haskell. You can find the code here.

  • hpodder . John Goerzen announced the first release of hpodder. hpodder is a podcast downloader (podcatcher) written in pure Haskell. It exists because John was unsatisfied with the other podcatchers for Linux. Full details here.

  • hmp3 1.1 . Don Stewart announced a new release of hmp3, the curses-based mp3 player written in Haskell. Release 1.1 is a maintenance release, fixing support for GHC 6.4.2

  • HSP.Clientside 0.001 . Joel Bjornson announced a prerelease version of Hsp.Clientside. This is Joel's Summer of Code project aiming to add support for client-side script generation in Haskell Server Pages. The basic building blocks for embedding Javascript has been implemented. As the project proceeds a suitable programming model based on these components will be added. Hopefully this will also include some kind of higher level Ajax support. For more information see here.

  • QDBM and Hyper Estraier bindings . Jun Mukai released a library of bindings to Quick DBM, a database module similar to GDBM, Berkeley-DB, optimized for performance and a simple API. Additionally, Jun's code includes support for Hyper Estraier, a full-text search system using QDBM, with the ability to search documents according to keywords.

  • Streams 0.2 . Bulat Ziganshin announced the beta release of his Streams 0.2 library, providing fast string and binary IO, now with Data.ByteString support.

  • HNOP 0.1 . Ashley Yakeley released the first version of HNOP 0.1. HNOP does nothing. This version should be considered "beta" quality.

  • HList updates . Oleg Kiselyov announced that HList, the library for strongly typed heterogeneous lists, records, type-indexed products (TIP) and co-products is now accessible via darcs, here. Additionally, Oleg pointed to some new features for HList, including a new representation for open records. Finally, he published a note on how HList supports, natively, polymorphic variants: extensible recursive open sum datatypes, quite similar to Polymorphic variants of OCaml. HList thus solves the `expression problem' -- the ability to add new variants to a datatype without changing the existing code.

  • Haskell IO Inside . Bulat Ziganshin wrote a new introductory tutorial to IO in Haskell, Down the Rabbit's Hole.

  • Bytecode API 0.2 . Robert Dockins published the Yhc Bytecode API version 0.2. More details here.

  • Translating Haskell into English . Shannon Behrens published a new Haskell tutorial, hoping to give readers a glimpse of the Zen of Haskell, without requiring that they already be Haskell converts.

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