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Re:Why functional programming matters (1990) [pdf] by tel on Friday May 08, 2015 @09:27AM (#9511552)
That "analytic" style you suggest is really interesting, too. I'm not sure I have a dog in the ultimate race and I'd love to see both analytic and synthetic styles flourish, but from a mere terminology point of view I'd distinguish between the two languages in means of describing them as "pure" or not.

I also really worry that external proofs will ultimately be neglected in practice. I suppose this is again a "UX of Types" thing, but I'm something of a believer that anything that you do not literally demand of the programmer will eventually be sacrificed.

Re:Why functional programming matters (1990) [pdf] by mafribe on Monday May 11, 2015 @01:49AM (#9522947)
I'm not totally sure what you mean by "external proofs will ultimately be neglected".