I strongly disagree. In Haskell the compiler helps me think a LOT more than other languages because it's checking more things for me. I don't have to explore

I strongly disagree. In Haskell the compiler helps me think a LOT more than other languages because it's checking more things for me. I don't have to explore things on the whiteboard, I can explore them in code and get very quick feedback about things I might have missed. I have built things in Haskell that I don't think I would have been able to build in other languages. The compiler is your friend, not your enemy. It's like having another developer there to bounce your ideas off of. EDIT: Bottom line, I think Haskell also works well for people who "see programming as a cybernetic extension of their mind".