Edwin Brady - Idris 2 - Type-driven Development of Idris

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as the best demo of interactive, compiler-assisted dependently typed programming in action.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Curry On!

Topic

dependently typed programming

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• I really like the general idea of bridging the gap between graphical and text-based interfaces, abstracting away the differences and be able to use a mixture of both. In the realm of interactive programming (eg heavily ide assisted), people with some functional and statically typed …

• Every single one of your claims is addressed by the programming language Idris [1], which has dependent types. This is not to say that Idris is the only dependently typed language which solves these issues, only that it exists as a counterexample to your claims. …

• Not quite what you mean, but still, you might find interesting the talks on how to approach coding in languages like Idris, where the compiler is able to support the editor in type suggestions. [VIDEO]