Agreed on both points. It's unfortunate that people use String just because it's there, or Int when they should use Word (because Word wasn't added to the Prel

Agreed on both points. It's unfortunate that people use String just because it's there, or Int when they should use Word (because Word wasn't added to the Prelude until recently). For example, it's awful that length returns an Int. It should return a Word or be generic. Indeed, the Haskell programmer is the one I'd say lives in "the first world".