They say that array languages are pretty readable once you get used to them, too? But you’re drastically limiting your audience. Part of readability is writing for people who aren’t as fluent as you are.
Expert jargon can sometimes be useful, but it often obscures things that would be pretty simple if written some other way.
With Haskell there’s a tension between saying “I only care about writing for other expert programmers” and “more people should learn Haskell.” The idioms are part of the turnoff.
Expert jargon can sometimes be useful, but it often obscures things that would be pretty simple if written some other way.
With Haskell there’s a tension between saying “I only care about writing for other expert programmers” and “more people should learn Haskell.” The idioms are part of the turnoff.