Gentle Introduction to Dependent Types With Idris

Download or read book Gentle Introduction to Dependent Types With Idris written by Boro Sitnikovski and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dependent types are a powerful concept that allow us to write proof-carrying code. Idris is a programming language that supports dependent types. We will learn about the mathematical foundations, and then write correct software and mathematically prove properties about it.This book aims to be accessible to novices, and no prior experience beyond high school mathematics is needed. Thus, this book is written in a way to be self-contained.The first part of this book serves as an introduction to the theory behind Idris, while the second part is a practical introduction to Idris with examples.