This seems to be the Haskell equivalent

[Walter Bright]

Tim Matthews wrote:
> On 22/12/2009 5:24 p.m., Walter Bright wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> That definition is what was discussed in this thread and alleged to be
>>> anything but beautiful.
>>
>> I've been in museums in europe where they proudly display ornate swords
>> and armor as "beautiful". I always kinda thought otherwise, because all
>> that decoration and encrustation was not what the weapon was for. More
>> interesting were the weapons with a single minded deadliness to them. I
>> suppose it's the engineer in me <g>.
> 
> I guess it is true that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" according 
> to google this means: "people all have different ideas about what is 
> beautiful"

Sure. I see beauty in things that are perfectly suited to their task - 
nothing missing, and nothing extra. So ornate engravery leaves me cold, 
as does jewel encrustation.