The hint that these might not be for you, yet, is right there in your question. You consider yourself a C/C++ programmer. I think most of the folks who grok these Lisp and Haskell languages just consider themselves programmers plain and simple, or engineers, or curious little heads, or artists, or something similar.
Evolution maybe, the animal becoming too specialized, in case of environmental changes, will face the extinction.
I'm looking for tools better able to solve specific problems. You can stick screws with an hammer, maybe it's faster but a screwdriver tool exists to better solve the problem and its evolution the electric screwdriver is the state-of-the art and probably the best choice. Now, having to deal with a limited resource, time, I have to choice what to learn seriously and this article doesn't help me to do a choice. Those choices also could influence my professional capabilities in the futures, because, you know, I do the programmer to live.
> just consider themselves programmers plain and simple
Plain and simple programmer is bullshit, IMHO. What do you write in your CV, "professional programmer plain and simple" :-) ? Oh, please, save your rhetoric.
If you're "looking for tools better able to solve specific problems", your best bet right now might be Python. It ain't pretty, but the momentum behind it is tremendous. Tons of libraries, books, how-to's and developers out there willing to help. From a practical point of view, you couldn't ask for more.
Look, I didn't write that. This is your affirmation. As I wrote, and I repeat, I think that being specialized to procedural/object languages, for some kind of problems that could be a limit. So I'm looking for different paradigms to change the way I approach problems. Now I have a limited time, how I should spend it ? Now, because I'm a professional programmer I would like something I can use and improve my CV. So what?
> your best bet right now might be Python
Again, its paradigm is a stereotype of other language I know.
What's your problem ? Are you the author of the article ? Look, I think that the point of that article is "study Haskell, trust me", so it isn't an help for newcomers. I only express my opinion. The title is "Why Haskell is important" and I think it fails to explain the more important point that is "why". So, why ? Moreover, why Haskell and not F# or Erlang, for example ?
I've invested some time in picking up Haskell and it's been worthwhile personally. When you know C, Java/(some OOP lang) and Haskell, everything else sort of falls in between. Ultimately makes your journey easier as a developer.