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by ohdeargodno 354 days ago
This is such low hanging bait that I'm not even interested in interacting further with it than: Haskell's syntax is obscure and impenetrable for the vast majority of software engineers because it was designed by FP nerds with zero interest in ergonomics.

It doesn't make it a bad syntax. It is, however, objectively terrible for anyone unfamiliar with it.

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Syntax is inherent to the language, and what you’re talking about says more about people than it says about any intrinsic property of the language.

It’s not bait. Call me pedantic if you want, but I think words have meaning.