Comment by lmm
12 years ago
I'm trying to install and use Idris as we speak. It seems to require learning two other languages (Haskell, PowerShell) first.
12 years ago
I'm trying to install and use Idris as we speak. It seems to require learning two other languages (Haskell, PowerShell) first.
PowerShell? That's a new one....
I haven't used Idris, but as a proof assistant, Coq is one of the best computer games I know[1]. As a programming language, it's a very good proof assistant.[2]
[1] Really! It's fun. I've found the resulting proofs impossible to read, though. The closest description I can make is that they're programs for a stack machine; reading those is not a skill I've developed.
[2] All of the dependently typed languages, like Coq, that I've seen have not been very good programming languages, in my opinion. Except for ATS, which I don't think is a good programming language for different reasons. But I really like it, anyway.
> All of the dependently typed languages, like Coq, that I've seen have not been very good programming languages, in my opinion.
Yeah, that's why I'm looking at Idris - it seems like the only one that's oriented towards practical programming. I did eventually get it installed, but it's tough going doing anything with it when you don't know Haskell tbh.
> Idris - it seems like the only one that's oriented towards practical programming
Whether you like ATS or not, it's very oriented towards practical programming. Also, ATS mostly looks bad IMO because of the style the author uses.
I still haven't fully formed an opinion on ATS though. Idris does seem really cool and stuff like enforcing time/space usage through the type system excites me.
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