Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hindley-milner type system

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

Syllables: hind-ley-mil-ner -type- sys-tem
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A classical type system for the lambda calculus with parametric polymorphism, notable for its completeness and its ability to infer the most general type of a given program without programmer-supplied type annotations or other hints.

Etymology

First described by J. Roger Hindley and later rediscovered by Robin Milner.

Inflected Forms

Hindley-Milner type systems (plural)

Derived Forms

HM

Questions

What does hindley-milner type system mean?: A classical type system for the lambda calculus with parametric polymorphism, notable for its completeness and its ability to infer the most general type of a given program without programmer-supplied type annotations or other hints.
Where does hindley-milner type system come from?: First described by J. Roger Hindley and later rediscovered by Robin Milner.

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