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> a language designed by a committee of some of the worlds best computer scientists

As much as I like Haskell, design by committee is generally not something to be proud of. It's despite this that Haskell is good, not because of it.

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It helps that Haskell was based on Miranda and the committee deferred to Miranda whenever they could not agree on something. This is opposed to the typical committee solution of adding both ideas or a sub-par compromise.

In this case interests were closely aligned. But I take your point.

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