Ask HN: Which would a Pythonist find most intuitive to learn, Haskell or Erlang?

12 points by tony_landis ↗ HN

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Haskel i'd dare say. Nevertheless I'd go with Erlang for the pragmatics/usefulness of it. Maybe route via one of:

https://github.com/tarcieri/reia

https://github.com/josevalim/elixir

I'd actually say the exact opposite. As a python programmer, I find Erlang's syntax simpler and more familiar (e.g. dynamic typing, pseudo-imperative variables instead of let and where clauses). Haskell, however, always feels like it has a far better base of utilities (e.g. Parsec, xmonad) that it makes superior for practical work.
Thanks! Looks like results may vary based on the problem set, I will have to check out both languages
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