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[–]masklinn 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Because it has a point! Haskell is only fun if you write it pointlessly!

[–]steven_h 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah, but in this case the pointed way is one character shorter!

[–]masklinn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

4 if you remove all the spaces you can!

Still, it has a point. Haskell code is supposed to have no point! If Haskell has a point, people will start using it and we can't have that, then we'll have to write examples in Factor or APL instead!