[Haskell-cafe] Re: Haskell philosophy question

[Don Stewart]

vigalchin:
> Hello,
> 
>      I am confused between Haskell as delineated in the Haskell Report VS ghc
> "pragmas" which extend Haskell beyond the Haskell Report. I am sure I am not
> the first to ask. Caveat: on my part, I am not against innovation/extensions,
> but I don't like to see language "bloat". This is not a negative/pegorative
> statement .... just a challenging one.

They add new features, which are useful for determining what features
are useful :)

-- Don