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Re:State of the Haskell ecosystem by elbenshira on Monday August 17, 2015 @04:25PM (#10075872)
Yes, read this part: https://github.com/Gabriel439/post-rfc/blob/master/sotu.md#t... and https://github.com/Gabriel439/post-rfc/blob/master/sotu.md#r...

From my (short) time with Haskell, I've found the type system to be the best I've ever used. It really does feel like it's helping you, instead of getting in the way. And so it feels more like a dynamic language than other strongly typed languages I've used (e.g. Scala, Java).

Below is a simple example, but look, no types to type!

    >> let plus1 = (+1)
    >> plus1 10
    11
    >> :t plus1
    plus1 :: Num a => a -> a
You can ask for the type by `:t plus1`.

I've also used Clojure, and I do really like Lisps, but I don't think untyped languages give enough benefit for all the problems it causes. I'm excited, however, about Typed Clojure (and Typed Racket).

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