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What's the benefit of avoiding partial functions in Haskell?

AFAIK in Haskell it is heavily recommended to avoid partial functions; and if these seem unavoidable (eg head) then return a Maybe. At least, so the Haskell wiki says 1 2 What's the use of the ...
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Haskell types for functions

I don't understand the answer to this question: Q: Can Haskell find a type for the function selfapply defined by: selfapply f = f f A: The function selfapply is not typeable in the simple system of ...
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