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Re:Reflecting on Haskell in 2017 by tree_of_item on Monday December 04, 2017 @02:41AM (#15842238)
I'm aware that they're syntax sugar. I'm saying syntax sugar is bad. It's especially bad when there are dozens of mutually incompatible sugars. It's double especially bad when the base language is already one of the most complicated ones around.
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Re:Reflecting on Haskell in 2017 by tome on Monday December 04, 2017 @03:31AM (#15842470)
> there are dozens of mutually incompatible sugars

If you think there are dozens then I challenge you to name a few ...

(I can't, off the top of my head, think of any but I don't deny there may be some.)

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Re:Reflecting on Haskell in 2017 by njs12345 on Monday December 04, 2017 @07:05AM (#15843269)
The base language is actually very small - you do need to know a lot on top to get anything done but arguably that's true with most languages.
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Re:Reflecting on Haskell in 2017 by tathougies on Monday December 04, 2017 @06:59PM (#15848706)
There are very few mutually incompatible sugars.
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