Comments by "Anony Mousse" (@anon_y_mousse) on "haskell." video.

@rj7250a More like C++ if it had worse syntax. I thought C++ had disgusting syntax until I learned Rust. Now I know where all the brain damaged people that learned Haskell went. Moral of the story is, you actually can have a worse language and Rustaceans have shown us the way.
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@akosdanielbollok For starters, it uses a lot of the same garbage that C++ uses and they eliminated some of the garbage by eliminating features. The over-abbreviation of common words makes the language harder to read, although I'm sure someone will disagree because it's less letters even though that's not how our brains work. I still hate the Java-ization of programming languages where keywords apply to multiple constructs and have to be duplicated for each one, such as keywords specifically for exporting functions from modules. C++ actually does this partially right with regards to public/private/protected in classes and structs, but then didn't extend that brilliant idea to other arenas. Imagine just typing public: at the start of a module and all the functions are exported, or somewhere in the middle to keep internal functions hidden and export the interface only yet still with just one keyword, or being explicit and having a private: section.
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@user-tx4wj7qk4t It's amazing that so many Haskell programmers give Rustaceans a run for their money in the arrogant douchebag arena, but here you are a prime example. Computers are meant to do real work, not look pretty and do nothing. A human's life is short enough as it is, but if you can't translate math into a format suitable for a computer to run efficiently, then you're not a very good computer scientist.
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While this is obviously a joke, the sentiment is very true. Functional programming languages will rot your brain.
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