Haskell was one of my most important discoveries; it affected my thinking and approach to software engineering the most. However, as I mentioned in the opening

Haskell was one of my most important discoveries; it affected my thinking and approach to software engineering the most. However, as I mentioned in the opening section, I deliberately removed programming languages from candidates for several reasons: 1. They received enough praise already. 2. My presentation would be very biased. 3. The article would be way too long.