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sav08:simply_typed_lambda_calculus [2008/05/27 21:15]
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 In simply typed lambda calculus, each variable is assigned one type from $\tau$. In simply typed lambda calculus, each variable is assigned one type from $\tau$.
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-Note that there is no way to annotate e.g. term $\lambda x. x x$ to have concrete types in the simply typed system.+Note that there is no way to assign a type to $x$ such that the term $\lambda x. x x$ is well typed. ​ Therefore, $\lambda x.xx$ is not a term of simply typed lambda calculus.
  
 ===== Hindley-Milner Type Inference ===== ===== Hindley-Milner Type Inference =====