> a rather convoluted style
It may be standard for them, but it's why functional languages are niche while C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript and Python dominate.
It may be standard for them, but it's why functional languages are niche while C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript and Python dominate.
To be clear, I agree that it could be a reason, along with a multitude of others. I think that discerning which is the most substantial reason (if any such exist) is hard if not impossible.
I think the pattern that emerges is that the popular languages I listed are multi-discipline, they can be adapted to whichever paradigm you prefer, even if it's a little cumbersome, and over time they adopt the key features of other languages, while retaining their existing benefits. In other words... you can get the best features of Haskell in Python, but you can't get the best features of Python in Haskell?
Haskell's best features relative to more mainstream languages are HM-style type inference, higher-kinded types, and typeclasses - none of which are possible in a language without real static types.
I believe all kinds of Python frameworks too like to incorporate FP into their APIs, and of course, there are list comprehensions.
The fact that Eric Meijer was very active in the Haskell community, I think, pretty much confirms that.