Edwin Brady - Idris 2: Type-driven development of Idris | Code Mesh LDN 18

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it as a good introduction to Idris 2 and a striking demonstration of what dependent types enable.

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

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Code Sync

Topic

dependent types

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

11

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• Dependent types are types which depend on values. As an example, think of the cons procedure: (List A, A) -> List A. It takes a List of A's and an A and returns a List of A's. With dependent types you can write this as …

• Idris lang seems awesome with the atom plugin. :) Did not use it yet but I hope it will get more attention. [VIDEO]

• Until yesterday it was officially called "Blodwen" a "prototype successor to Idris", so I assume the fact that it's now officially being called a "pre-alpha implementation of Idris 2" means it's somewhat closer to being ready, but is there some specific announcement about the exact …