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Counterexamples in type systems (2021)

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51 points by bramadityaw 2 days ago · 4 comments

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xelxebar 3 hours ago

Love the title.

I believe the authors are riffing off the wonderful 1970 Counterexamples in Topology[0] book. There's a minor tradition of this among the cognoscenti. The topology book is an absolute gem and very approachable if you have working familiarity with the fundamentals.

[0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterexamples_in_Topology

dang 11 hours ago

Related. Others?

Counterexamples in Type Systems: programs that crash, segfault or explode (2021) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36213704 - June 2023 (97 comments)

Counterexamples in Type Systems - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27252899 - May 2021 (62 comments)

someonebaggy 9 hours ago

> The word "polymorphism" can refer to several different things.

Appropriate.

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