[Haskell-cafe] Why does Haskell have the if-then-else syntax?

[mvanier]

As opposed to what?

Mike

Mike Gunter wrote:
> I had hoped the "History of Haskell" paper would answer a question
> I've pondered for some time: why does Haskell have the if-then-else
> syntax?  The paper doesn't address this.  What's the story?
> 
> thanks,
> -m
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