Eta will still be "Haskell" because they conform to the language spec, even if they don't have all the features of the latest version of GHC (the flagship Haske

Eta will still be "Haskell" because they conform to the language spec, even if they don't have all the features of the latest version of GHC (the flagship Haskell compiler). I agree with the grandparents disappointment somewhat though. At the very least there is still room for someone to build a JVM compatible backend for GHC, since this is no longer a goal of Eta.