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Re:Types versus sets (and what about categories?) by howling on Friday September 01, 2023 @05:16AM (#37348487)
System F just isn't flexible enough to encode most of mathematics. You need at the minimum dependent type and preferably a more flexible identity type to avoid setoid hell. The closest attempts I know of are HOTT in Coq and Cubical Agda. These systems still have a lot of kinks to be sorted out though, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpUOweB2kHU

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