[platz]

In the 2010-2020 era, readers of Hacker News used to know how to read Haskell and had strong opinions (pro and con) of it.

That era is now over.

[marcosdumay]

The problem is that this is not only about Haskell's fundamentals. It's about them being extended with backpack, an extension that very few people use.

And honestly, I don't see the point there either. I know that backpack is meant to solve some problem everybody has, but I haven't been able to fully understand what that problem is. Specifically on this article, I don't see the gain over using a type class.

[ghc]

There are still dozens of us!

[pyrale]

Maybe in 2010, but you have an idealized view of 2020 HN.

[platz]

peak FP debate was 2015/2016-ish