The Haskell community is by far the most abrasive and hostile to criticism of any programming language. You can get away with voicing trite complaints about too many parentheses in a thread on Lisp, but nearly any comment here critical of Haskell ends up at &lt; 0.<p>Attempting to shutdown your critics is a great way to alienate the unconverted. &quot;Avoid success at all costs&quot; indeed.