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by shmish111 3119 days ago
"for no good reason"? It come from the ML family of languages, that's the reason, is it not as good a reason as why Java has it's syntax? It's quite easy to read once you get used to it, no more difficult than the languages you mention.

Saying a particular paradigm is simply wrong seems like a very closed minded way of looking at things.