Haskell syntax just seems pretty crazy. I know nothing about it, but I just read it and wish that maybe one could use a few more lines and get better understandability at the expense of terseness.

It's the difference between Eclipse and Emacs. Haskell actually encourages "internalization" of abstractions through terser syntax.

Emacs is like that, you internalize the editor which makes you 5x more productive than you are with an editor that externalizes the abstraction requiring your brain to use another layer of translation (the visual one).

If you learn Haskell, you'll find it quite enjoyable (I do now). The way I think in that language is so much more abstract and precise than it ever was in Python / Scheme / Erlang / Ruby / Javascript.

[EDIT] To whomever is downvoting these legitimate comments, speak up why you think they are inappropriate for this discussion instead of downvoting.

Your enthusiasm has convinced me to give Haskell another shot, do you have a favorite resource I should try? I didn't have great luck prior.