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Haskell's type checker is not Turing-complete by default. This is a feature, not a bug, because it means that the type checker is guaranteed to terminate. Since this piece was written GHC has been extended so that non-termination can be enabled if you want it.

The sideswipe against the supposed venality of managers is unwarranted. Programmers are like mountaineers in a world where the terrain shifts radically and unpredictably. One day you are on top of a mountain, the next day, without having moved, you are in a deep valley. Under these circumstances teams of people in ATVs who can move rapidly across the terrain tend to have a higher average altitude than people with karabiners and ropes.



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