Thanks Henning, I agree. o.p. Dominic on Haskell list

I have been subscribed to this list for over 20 years ...

Well, yes 20+ years ago, Haskellers were a much smaller community; 'haskell' was the only list. If you want to understand the discussions around the 1998 standard for example, that's the place to look. 'haskell-cafe' has been going for at least most of that 20 years, and is the place for more free-flowing discussion. Increasingly, 'haskell' is restricted to low-volume announcements/not discussion. I'm surprised you hadn't noticed. AntC