Haskell inherits a lot from Standard ML. This paper explains a lot of the design decisions of Haskell, syntax amongst them: http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/wp-cont

Haskell inherits a lot from Standard ML. This paper explains a lot of the design decisions of Haskell, syntax amongst them: http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/history.pdf http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/histor...