yes. also keen on first class modules (coming soon to Hazel). syntax could have easily been more haskell-like, current team is pretty ecumenical wrt surface syntax, excepting that i have as yet been unable to convert anyone to the gospel of s-expressions.

biggest reason more haskelley syntax didnt/hasnt happen/ed is the current syntax engine does not support significant indentation. hazel concrete syntax isn't stable yet though we're also thinking seriously about semi-colons