> without some modern refinements Did you mean "with some modern refinements" ? Otherwise, I agree. String handling, vectors, and record namespacing/access ar

> without some modern refinements Did you mean "with some modern refinements" ? Otherwise, I agree. String handling, vectors, and record namespacing/access are quite annoying legacy burdens of Haskell, improved upon in Purescript. The type system lacks some of the power, but is sufficient for most designs IMO.