Yeah, I'm not really a haskeller, but this is not a flaw at all. Some standard functions that used to operate specifically on lists now operate on anything tha

Yeah, I'm not really a haskeller, but this is not a flaw at all. Some standard functions that used to operate specifically on lists now operate on anything that is "Foldable"... including lists. It makes the learning curve a bit steeper, but tutorials already often have you re-implement toy versions of standard library functions for learning anyway. The benefit, if I understand correctly, is that you can use the standard library functions on more things that are not lists.