Re: "reputation of being somewhat of a talented programmer."
Oh dear. Exactly the same in a company I worked for. The language was neatly free of side effects. Sadly the goal of the project could be described as "just side effects, plus a few text messages". Somehow nobody ever wanted to join the team. I looked at it and ran away as fast as possible. Last I heard everything was rewritten, so no more of this computer science brain turd.
Oh, the syntax was brilliant. As in: please die.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
