That's because Rob Pike never learned Haskell. Expecting to just look at it and know it because you know other languages is quite frankly silly! You don't need

That's because Rob Pike never learned Haskell. Expecting to just look at it and know it because you know other languages is quite frankly silly! You don't need to be a mathematician though. Many Haskellers I've worked with either didn't go to university or went for something else. I only ever learned C before Haskell, for instance.