Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> And a Haskell expression consists of some combination of exactly 6 (go
>>> count them) structures.
>>
>> nobody codes haskell without such sugar.
> 
> And? I'm talking about the ease with which you can programmatically
> construct expressions using Template Haskell. The fact that the entire
> language is 6 constructs makes that real easy.

The entire Whirl language consists of 2 instructions. That doesn't make it 
simple or easy.

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>> And? I'm talking about the ease with which you can programmatically
>> construct expressions using Template Haskell. The fact that the entire
>> language is 6 constructs makes that real easy.
>
> The entire Whirl language consists of 2 instructions. That doesn't make it
> simple or easy.

It does if you're interested in how easily a machine can write it, not 
how easily a human can write it.

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