> Honestly this sentiment from the Haskell community that Haskell is somehow bizarre and impenetrable to outsiders and needs to be somehow watered down so that

> Honestly this sentiment from the Haskell community that Haskell is somehow bizarre and impenetrable to outsiders and needs to be somehow watered down so that normal people can understand it just feels extremely elitist and if anything only scares people away from Haskell. What? The thread we're in is descended from a post about how terrible the syntax is!