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There is one right way to build a type system, the way that gives you mathematical proofs, and every other kind of type system is simply worse and should be rejected.

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formal proof Machine-checked mathematics: proof assistants such as Lean, and what changes when correctness is certified rather than refereed.

Do static types make software better?under our view: If you are going to have types, have the strictest kind

What Tim Sweeney actually said

  1. Tim Sweeney Founder and CEO of Epic Games
    But there are other parts of programming languages that are not subjective but should be fundamental. And when you look at type systems, there is a way to do type systems that gives you mathematical proofs. And every other way of type systems that doesn't give you mathematical proofs is just worse and should ultimately be rejected.

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