Etymology

Hindley-Milner type system

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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

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