> Languages that are eager by default but support lazy evaluation are also not really discussed, and it's because they are the best of both worlds. Yes, lazy ev

> Languages that are eager by default but support lazy evaluation are also not really discussed, and it's because they are the best of both worlds. Yes, lazy evaluation has its pluses, but more often than not, you don't need it. What makes you say strictness is the right default? I write Haskell at my day job, and I practically never experience crashes due to space leaks. And given that strictness has its own performance issues (unnecessary evaluation), it’s not clear to me that either is the “right” default.