Why isn't that a good thing?

That criterion would cause you to dismiss Haskell because it looks different from what you're used to; the example code in the link is quite similar to Haskell code.

The most useful programming languages to learn are the ones most different from what you are familiar with. One would be much better off learning ML, C, and Smalltalk than Java, C#, and Python (in terms of their effect on one's understanding of programming; not necessarily on one's ability to find work). But a programmer knowing only C is unlikely to be able to read ML or Smalltalk with much understanding, nor would a Smalltalk-only programmer understand C or ML easily or a ML-only programmer Smalltalk or C.