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I wasn't readily familiar with the acronym ADT. It's "Algebraic Data Types" for anyone else in the same boat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_data_type

• tartoran 6y ago
  In CS it also refers to Abstract Data Types
  • will_pseudonym 6y ago
    Ah, good call. Thank you! Here's a reference I found that explains the differences between those two concepts, as applied to Scala: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42833270/what-is-the-difference-between-abstract-data-types-and-algebraic-data-types https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42833270/what-is-the-dif...