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		tome 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Haskell: A Great Procedural Language > head throwing exceptions instead of returning Maybe The choice is keep it is it is, or change it. Changing it would break vast amounts of existing code. Which option do you prefer?

kqr 11 months ago [–]

I think this was given as an example of necessary-but-annoying cruft, not as a suggestion for change.

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