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How to Recognize a Dark Age

15 points| rplevy | 18 years ago |loper-os.org | reply

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[+] icky|18 years ago|reply
> Who stole the original thinkers of that era, and planted type-theoretical bureaucrats in their place?

Once a sufficiently advanced type-theory is in place, original thought can be automated and rigorously proven at compile-time. ;-)

[+] randallsquared|18 years ago|reply
However, there's been a lot of improvement in things that need a stable foundation, like libraries and APIs and standards (whether defacto or more official).