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Type inference is hinted at in a 1934 paper by Haskell Curry on "functionality" (i.e. types) for combinatory logic. Max Newman (Turning mentor and leader of th
by dbmacqueen 4y ago
Type inference is hinted at in a 1934 paper by Haskell Curry on "functionality" (i.e. types) for combinatory logic. Max Newman (Turning mentor and leader of the Colossus project at Bletchley Park) published a paper in 1943 giving the first algorithm for type inference for the lambda calculus that I know of.