[Haskell-beginners] Machine Learning/ANN's in Haskell.

[Jack Hunt]

Hi all,
I have been interested in Haskell for a long time now, and am definitely 
going to invest a considerable amount of time into learning it. Next 
year is the final year of my CS degree, and I am set on having a final 
year project orientated around ML. Now, my question is this:-

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using Haskell for such a 
project? Bearing in mind of course that I am an absolute beginner.

Regards,
Jack Hunt