To put it another way...<br><br>If you try to use an object-oriented approach in Haskell, you&#39;re going to find the experience a little frustrating, and you&#39;ll feel the language is rigid.<br>If you try to use a functional approach in Java, C++, etc., you&#39;re going to find the experience a little frustrating, and you&#39;ll feel the language 
is rigid.<br><br>A few weeks ago I did a bit of PHP programming for a client, and discovered that PHP won&#39;t warn you if you use a variable without declaring it. Now that&#39;s what I call flexible! But instead of rejoicing in that flexibility, I was annoyed.<br>
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