Hindley-Milner type system

noun

Etymology

First described by J. Roger Hindley and later rediscovered by Robin Milner.

Definitions

  1. A classical type system for the lambda calculus with parametric polymorphism, notable for…

    A classical type system for the lambda calculus with parametric polymorphism, notable for its completeness and its ability to infer the most general type of a given program without programmer-supplied type annotations or other hints.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Hindley-Milner type system. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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