While this is true, the post lists 9 specific examples of features directly below that quote, of which 5 are found in haskell. He never said he tried to captur

While this is true, the post lists 9 specific examples of features directly below that quote, of which 5 are found in haskell. He never said he tried to capture the essence of Haskell, simply that features in his language were inspired (in part) by Haskell.