This is a Haskell insider-joke. As is the The International Obfuscated C Code Contest. You wouldn't judge the value of the C language for writing, let's say, a

This is a Haskell insider-joke. As is the The International Obfuscated C Code Contest. You wouldn't judge the value of the C language for writing, let's say, a unix kernel based on the code from IOCCC, would you? Don't take it so seriously.