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by mamcx 3673 days ago
You read it wrong. Him said that in Haskell PM & monads are using for make imperative code, NOT that is the defined trait of haskell, instead: "are arguably unrealized or aspirational"
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The rest of the article lists Haskell as being original for introducing pattern matching and monads as a new programming paradigm.
Oh right. In the "Very special" section list that (Without that it could be a more compelling argument).

Perhaps haskell make it more popular?