I don't believe that after learning Haskell you will want to use it in your daily work. Especially if he/she wants to seriously get into functional programming (but as we will see, object-oriented programmers will also gain a lot from learning that language!). That's why I believe learning Haskell should be a top priority for a programmer who wants to push himself and gain new knowledge and expertise.
The thing is, most of the popular languages nowadays really differ only in details, like some syntax or special features, but not in the general approach. This effect however diminishes if you learn only programming languages that closely resemble the language you already know well.
But I do agree that learning a new language can bring a tremendous benefits to your programming knowledge and style. I don't necessarily agree with that (after all, there are more important things to do in life than just code all the time). I have read once that a "real" programmer should learn at least one new language every year.
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