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geocar | 7 days ago

These "types" are hindley-milner types and have almost nothing to do with what C calls a type.

Your "feelings" may help you make snap judgements that can keep you alive, but they cannot help you code and they will conspire against you when you effort to learn new things. Nobody wants to feel wrong, and you will feel wrong many times when you learn something new, but it is the only way to actually learn the thing. Remember this the next time you have "feelings" about knowledge

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throwaway27448|7 days ago

So what problem is this solving? No need to be a dick.

geocar|5 days ago

> No need to be a dick.

But there was a need for you to characterise me so?

> So what problem is this solving?

What makes you ask me that instead of reading the website and papers for yourself? Do you think I could possibly know enough about the kinds of other problems you have from the example one that makes you call me names?

I mean, did you read even the first page of the paper I suggested? Were you confused by anything in the first paragraph? Do you know what System-F means in that context? Did you do an Internet search? Anything? Anything at all you could say you got stuck on that you didn't understand? Or did you somehow get the impression I should spoon-feed you?

Why do you waste anyones time with this?

leptons|7 days ago

You don't know me.