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by wyager 589 days ago
I would take that to mean "strict evaluation" and "simple type system"
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yes. also keen on first class modules (coming soon to Hazel). syntax could have easily been more haskell-like, current team is pretty ecumenical wrt surface syntax, excepting that i have as yet been unable to convert anyone to the gospel of s-expressions.

biggest reason more haskelley syntax didnt/hasnt happen/ed is the current syntax engine does not support significant indentation. hazel concrete syntax isn't stable yet though we're also thinking seriously about semi-colons