That quote is something I had in mind when I wrote that message :)

And your spot on with the C++ reference, but there its more the case the language was adopted in industry then it expanded into intellectual twiddling, Haskell has that as its starting point.

Don't get me wrong I like programming in Haskell, C++ and others, I enjoy going beyond what I need to get the job done and amusing myself in doing things 'clever' ways. But no longer being paid to write the code and having different concerns to manage, its hard to qualify Haskell as a good choice.