Yes, writing Haskell definitely takes a mental context switch. You kind of have to abandon the traditional style of programming in order to transition into it.

Yes, writing Haskell definitely takes a mental context switch. You kind of have to abandon the traditional style of programming in order to transition into it. Pretty similar to what writing Prolog feels like for example. In contrast, it seems like there's a more direct line between languages like OCaml/Lisps versus C/Java.