Comment by ngruhn
16 hours ago
Compared to lisp? Ok fine. Syntax doesn't get more simple than Lisp. But compared to JavaScript? C++? C#? Haskell is top tier when it comes to syntactic and conceptual elegance. The biggest problem is tooling, I would say.
I could not agree less. People used to call Python “executable pseudocode” - in that spirit, Haskell is executable pseudo-math. If you’ve done enough higher math that a professor’s whiteboard notation feels natural to you, then Haskell might feel like a reasonable approximation of that style. Otherwise: it’s line noise.
(I write Haskell professionally)
I don't think:
"Haskell: more elegant than Javascript and C++" would make a good promotional motto.
That's like bragging how prettier you are than Danny Trejo.