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Why is it hard to formalize informal proofs?
Say I have some informal but rigorous argument in line with eg real analysis. Currently, it is a massive PITA to do algebraic manipulations in proof assistants like Coq or Isabelle. However, in ...
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Why should you "never resort to polymorphism when initiality would do"?
In the concluding statement of "universe hierarchies", Conor McBride calls it
[...] that key lesson which I learned from James McKinna: never resort to polymorphism when initiality will do.
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