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What syntax? Haskell has just about the simplest syntax.

• gizmo686 12y ago
  But it has some obscure function names that look alot like syntax. (eg. "$", ".", ">>=" etc)
  • zeckalpha 12y ago
    The syntax rule for each of those is the same. The semantics of them are very different, but the syntax is the same.
    • Confusion 12y ago
      Yes. That's not the point.
  • gohrt 12y ago
    Those are operators (like C++).
  • deleted 12y ago
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• jeorgun 12y ago
  I think that's raart's point. The syntax is really simple and easy to pick up, so all the tutorials focusing mainly on syntax and paying less attention to actually, well, getting things done, do the language a disservice.
• johan_larson 12y ago
  In nearly every mainstream programming language, you call a function like this: f(a, b, c) But not in Haskell, where you do it like this: f a b c Of course, there is a reason for doing things this way in Haskell, namely making currying a natural part of the language. If f is a function of three variables, f a b binds values to the first two parameters, yielding a function of one variable. But it's still a change and a bit of a hurdle.