I suppose I am the target of this argument, but I would not phrase my dislike of these things in this way. I would instead say - I dislike Haskell because whe

I suppose I am the target of this argument, but I would not phrase my dislike of these things in this way. I would instead say - I dislike Haskell because when I tried this book http://web.archive.org/web/20190705205338/https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hudak/SOE/ http://web.archive.org/web/20190705205338/https://www.cs.yal... about 20 years ago I thought it had been written in an effort to impress upon the reader how smart anyone using Haskell was, at the expense of me getting anything done. I like various forms of Jazz but I dislike a certain type of Jazz person who seems to be in to Jazz to let you know just how much better they are than you. I don't think I've ever had anything but enjoyment and admiration for pure math and pure mathematicians. I'm not sure I like this blog post though.