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by whateveracct 522 days ago
That was SPJ being cute more than an actual indictment of Haskell fwiw. That quote gets misused a lot.

Laziness hasn't killed Haskell's usefulness. However, it is something Haskellers take for granted. I can't tell you how many times they "just turn on -XStrict" and are surprised their program gets slower.