I think the prevalence of articles like this one, about what's wrong with the Prelude, are exactly the reason for the impulse not to have such a big stdlib. If

I think the prevalence of articles like this one, about what's wrong with the Prelude, are exactly the reason for the impulse not to have such a big stdlib. If Haskell's were more modularised, then there wouldn't be this perpetual dissatisfaction with it (although, of course, there might be different dissatisfactions); you could just slice'n'dice it into the shape you wanted.