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>The main force holding me back from learning Haskell is the cryptic syntax

Haskell doesn't have a cryptic syntax. The same complaint would be just as (in)valid leveled at any commonly used language. We're not talking APL here.

>There are so many great languages out there nowadays, Clojure, Go, Erlang.

Go does not belong in that list.

>I don't see where Haskell would be a better fit

For writing software. I realize that sounds snarky, but that really is the answer. To see the problem with your question, just turn it around. Where would clojure or go be a better fit than haskell?