> And as a last remark, the combinatoric complexity of compiler flags is a problem and needs to be fixed. But the ecosystem is in a deadlock there that no compromise could be found on what should be in the language and what shouldn't be. And it kind of indicates a deeper problem in the haskell design process.

Are you referring to language extensions? This is sooooo off-base if so.

I don't see how people can bemoan Haskell's complexity but love a language like Kotlin which has its hodgepodge of function call semantics. Talk about complexity without any sane ground. It's so hacked together. At least with Haskell everything is very simple in isolation and composes for the most part.

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Also re:examples.. I'd say Haskell libraries have better examples than the average Go library for instance. Many have entire modules whose entire existence is for putting examples & tutorials in the haddocks themselves.