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"A Little Taste of Dependent Types" by David Christiansen

Strange Loop Conference · talk · Watch on YouTube

Programming language designLogic & formal methodsFunctional programming

What it is

David Christiansen gives a Strange Loop 2018 introduction to dependent types, where one language serves for both compile-time and run-time code and programs unite with proofs. It draws on his book The Little Typer.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as an approachable introduction to dependent types and a preview of what The Little Typer covers.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “The strange loop talk and my own interview of the authors might give some sense of what it's all about.”

    Talk giving a sense of what The Little Typer covers

    adamgordonbell, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “The Little Typer (2018)”

  2. “Here's an intro to dependent types from David Christiansen”

    Intro to dependent types by David Christiansen

    spelunker, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Idris: A Language for Type-Driven Development”

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Topics: dependent types, type theory, the little typer, proofs, idris, pie

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