Re: [Haskell-cafe] (no subject)

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 05:41:05PM +0530, Zed Becker wrote:

Haskell, is arguably the best example of a design-by-committee language.

You do realize that "design-by-committee" is generally understood to refer to the antipattern where a committee discusses a design to death and delivers an inconsistent, mediocre spec, as opposed to a situation where a leader figure takes the loose ends, runs with them, and turns them into a coherent, inspiring whole?