> Why do you think it's Haskells syntax that is the problem? The syntax is not so weird. I'd say the semantics are the hangup. 100% purity and lazy evaluation are a much harder pill to swallow then the syntax.
Could very well be - either way the language has been rejected. Boasting of Haskell characteristics[1] is, IMO, a great way to turn off prospective users.
[1] I don't really know if the Nix project actually does blog posts and reachouts where they boast of Haskell-ish similarities.
I don't really see that industry has rejected Haskell at all. Haskell target simply wasn't (or isn't) industry. You can't really be rejected if you aren't trying to get into that niche. And Haskell has seen significant industrial use. So they succeeded at something they didn't even want to succeed at.
Could very well be - either way the language has been rejected. Boasting of Haskell characteristics[1] is, IMO, a great way to turn off prospective users.
[1] I don't really know if the Nix project actually does blog posts and reachouts where they boast of Haskell-ish similarities.