[Haskell-cafe] Re: Hiding side effects in a data structure

[Hugh Perkins]

On 10/26/07, John Meacham <john at repetae.net> wrote:
> Heh, the plethora of pdf papers on Haskell is part of what originally
> brought me to respect it. Something about that metafont painted cmr
> just makes me giddy as a grad student. A beautifully rendered type
> inference table is a masterful work of art.
>
> Did I mention I was a little odd? I am sure I did.
>

http://xkcd.com/242/

Actually, yeah I kindof agree.  It's quite interesting to see a
language developed using rigorous, formal mathematical principles.