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Re:Algebraic Data Types by dllthomas on Thursday July 31, 2014 @09:35PM (#8118006)
Did you mean that to be a restatement of what tel said? It seems to be.
Re:Algebraic Data Types by seanmcdirmid on Thursday July 31, 2014 @10:26PM (#8118130)
All but the "if we just listened to each other, we'd understand each other." The type theorist's and programmer's different perspective s means basically that we'd fight over the meaning of type for our entire conversation.
Re:Algebraic Data Types by dllthomas on Friday August 01, 2014 @10:06AM (#8119841)
It wasn't "if we listened", but "if we normalized terms". I agree that getting people to normalize terms with the aim of successfully communicating can be difficult...