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Re:Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours by pseudonom- on Friday March 27, 2015 @08:39AM (#9275868)
> Haskell's type system

Shen's type system is probably better described just as expressive.

http://shenlanguage.org/learn-shen/types/types_sequent_calcu... gives a sense of the flavor.

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Re:Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours by S4M on Friday March 27, 2015 @09:01AM (#9275934)
Thanks for the link. Out of interest, have you play with Shen yourself? Did you build something with it?
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Re:Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours by pseudonom- on Friday March 27, 2015 @09:23AM (#9276065)
I've only messed around in the REPL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcRBdSdO_U gives a fairly practical introduction.
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