[Qwuke]

I absolutely agree - there's a lot of explaining when you have to choose the less traveled path, and it hurts there's a perception that both languages are intended for 'academic' or 'niche' purposes.

Why Rust is considered over Haskell in one of the organizations I've been with is because it has the performance/memory usage characteristics of C/C++, which is a requirement for certain services. Though for many projects I'd imagine they'd meet similar levels of resistance.

[sdegutis]

I think the fact that Haskell is more math than programming might also be related to that. I've been programming for a decade and still don't understand Haskell.