Dependent Types: Runtime assertions at compile time...whaaa? (S04E08)
Dependent types are a more expressive type system in programming languages used to catch a larger class of errors at compile time. What are would be typically assertions at runtime can now be caught at compile time.
Show notes:
Resources:
- http://www.e-pig.org/downloads/ydtm.pdf
- https://gist.github.com/Hirrolot/27e6b02a051df333811a23b97c375196
- Proof Theory Impressionism: Blurring the Curry-Howard Line
- Type Systems - The Good, Bad and Ugly
- Dependent types for practical use
- Idris: Practical Dependent Types with Practical Examples
- Making Illegal States unrepresentable
- Can types replace validation
https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/ralf.hinze/WG2.8/26/slides/xavier.pdf
