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It's a pity this info is so hard to find. I had to click for a minute to find some example code, and thought: this is very much like Haskell.

I wonder how it's better than Haskell, why not Idris/Coq/Adga, and why not contribute to any of the just mentioned projects. This info, combined with some code and a description of the target audience of the project would be very helpful indeed.

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> I wonder how it's better than Haskell

I don't think anybody claims it's better than Haskell. It predates it, for one. The Clean programming language is its own thing, with its own philosophy, uniqueness types, etc.

Don't be mislead by the usual online flamebait trying to turn everything into "X is better than Y". This is usually claimed by people with little experience in either X or Y.

Also, Clean is listed as a particular influence in the Haskell Report.

I'd never heard of it, either, but its Wikipedia page[1] says it's been around since 1987, so it's a little bit older than Haskell.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_(programming_language)

I remember looking at Clean at the time when Haskell98 was new. It had uniqueness types at the time and this seemed really cool for efficient destructive updates. But all the excitement was with Haskell.

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