[Haskell-cafe] Why is Haskell not homoiconic?

Hi all! I am curious as to why Haskell not is homoiconic? I am interested in the reasons behind that design descision. I ask using this defintion og homiconicity: Homiconic means that "the primary representation of programs is also a data structure in a primitive type of the language itself" -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoiconic Examples: LISP, Rebol, Natural Languages... Thank you/Henning