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> there are a few code formatters for Haskell, but nobody really uses them I haven't run a survey, but I get the impression that code formatters are widely use

• karma_pharmer 3y ago
  They are in fact not widely used. Ormolu and Fourmolu That's only one formatter; the latter is a fork of the former... which is the in-house formatting tool of one particular consulting firm. It has only existed since 2018, and is said to be mainly a response to golang/rust people trying to impose their culture on the Haskell world. Pointing at ormolu is kinda like saying that formatters are popular in the Java world because google-java-format exists. The fact that that project exists says more about the company that created it than the community around the language it operates on.
  • tome 3y ago
    > They are in fact not widely used. Ah, as a fact it presumably has some form of evidence that demonstrates it. Would you mind sharing that evidence?