[kbp]

It works the same way in Haskell, eg

  main = do
    let x = 2
    let x = "foo"
    y <- pure 3
    y <- pure "bar"
    putStrLn $ x ++ y

which is really the same as

  main =
    let x = 2
    in let x = "foo"
       in pure 3 >>= \y ->
                       pure "bar" >>= \y ->
                                        putStrLn $ x ++ y

So it works pretty naturally where each assignment is kind of like a new scope. If the type system is good, I don't think it really causes issues.

[mort96]

Haskell has got to be by far the least readable language in the world, all of that is incomprehensible

[kbp]

I'm not sure what you find incomprehensible about the first example. The syntax is pretty standard. The only exotic thing is `$`, which is basically just like putting brackets around the rest of the line. Here's the first example roughly translated to Python:

  def main():
      x = 2
      [x] = ["foo"]
      y = 3
      [y] = ["bar"]
      print(x + y)

Seems about the same level of comprehensibility to me. Is there anything in particular you find difficult to understand?

The second example is expanded out and not how a person would normally write it, but if you're familiar with the basic concepts it's using, it shows why it works very clearly; think of it like assembler.

[kbp]

Er, actually

  x = 2
  x = "foo"
  [y] = [3]
  [y] = ["bar"]

Sorry, I didn't re-read the code before translating.