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The point is that it's not inherently inscrutable—it's different. And being different is a virtue: at the very least, you'll learn something from Haskell, and i
by tikhonj 10y ago
The point is that it's not inherently inscrutable—it's different. And being different is a virtue: at the very least, you'll learn something from Haskell, and it's going to let you do things other languages won't. It's not just an Algol reskin.
- tormeh 10y agoIf it had Algol syntax and Algol naming conventions it might actually have succeeded outside of academia. The decision not to go with an Algol-derived syntax was probably the biggest mistake ever done in Haskell's design.
- dllthomas 9y agoMaybe... I'm not convinced the semantics would feel as good in that setting.