# Extension or Imitation?

**URL:** https://discourse.haskell.org/t/extension-or-imitation/14203
**Category:** Show and Tell
**Created:** [June 4, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/extension-or-imitation/14203 "2026-06-04T07:17:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![hungryjoe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/hungryjoe/32/4331_2.png) [@hungryjoe](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/hungryjoe)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/extension-or-imitation/14203/1 "2026-06-04T07:17:17Z")

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I wrote this little Haskell Quiz (with help from some friends); in the style of “CSS or BS”; Can you tell the valid Haskell Language Extensions (based on the GHC docs), from the Impostors?

> **[Extension or Imitation?](https://doscienceto.it/extension-or-imitation/)**
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> Can you tell the real Haskell Language Extensions from the Imitations?

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### Author: ![int-index](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/int-index/32/4156_2.png) [@int-index](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/int-index)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/extension-or-imitation/14203/2 "2026-06-04T11:52:55Z")

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It’s a fun game! Thanks for sharing. I thought I’d easily score 12/12 but I totally fell for the gotchas!

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### Author: ![exaexa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/exaexa/32/4753_2.png) [@exaexa](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/exaexa)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/extension-or-imitation/14203/3 "2026-06-07T11:58:25Z")

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6/12 haha

They lured me to accept `RebindableSemicolons` , and man, that looks too good to be true. 😂
