[ashtonkem]

I disagree that syntax killed Haskell, but I agree that the Haskell syntax is particularly bad.

First, it’s the first language I’ve used in any capacity where I can’t mentally map the syntax. The orders of precedence are way too complicated, and the end result is that I end up blindly throwing $’s at the code until eventually it works. I have no idea why it has to be this hard.

Second, indentation. Seriously, indentation. Haskell is one of those accursed languages, along with Python, where indentation is apparently just utterly broken. I have yet to see A Haskell editor that can offer much more than the ability to cycle through the possible indentation levels given the context. It’s maddeningly bad, and often most editors can’t clean it up after the fact either.