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"Even though theoretically, type theories and type systems are not enough to prevent all the problems in logic and programming, they can be improved and refined to prevent an increasingly number of problems in the practice of logic and programming. That means the research for better practical type systems is far from over!"

This is great point, and I think it is absolutely worthwhile to put time into researching better, more powerful type systems.

Tony Hoare said[1] that his research into formal systems and his hope that the pr Framing world would embrace these new innovations that increase safety and reliability was futile, but I think what we need is a new approach, with particular care given to practicality and adoptability.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare




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