It's greatly overstating the learning curve. It's possible to pick up Haskell by simply writing a few small applications tackling different parts of the langua

It's greatly overstating the learning curve. It's possible to pick up Haskell by simply writing a few small applications tackling different parts of the language in each one. This can be done in a few months. Not to mention there are now numerous resources available for free such as learn you a haskell, real world haskell, and countless blog posts.