The IDE being $75 a month seems to add an entirely new wall to Haskell adoption, at least via this method.
To me the syntax has always stopped me.
To me the syntax has always stopped me.
As for the syntax of Haskell, I think it makes a lot of sense when you consider that the language is fundamentally declarative. The syntax could be a big nuisance if you don't really grok the Haskell way of thinking. It's a bit like vim in that sense: until you realize that the different commands basically form a language for manipulating text, with different units of action that can be combined in natural ways, the modal environment of vim would probably seem like more of a nuisance than anything else.