Re: Axiom musings...

2021-01-01 Thread Tim Daly
Another thought is that Axiom is "not fully factored". There is a logic and category theory concept called "the carrier". In Axiom terms, this is the Rep aka the representation. Axiom bundles the representation with the domain, which is reasonable. However, representations are likely data structur

Re: Axiom musings...

2021-01-01 Thread Tim Daly
One of the struggles of working with first-class dependent types is that they can be created "on the fly". Ideally, when used, the type information can be "factored out" to yield a specialized version that is more efficient. The idea is best described in a book, called Partial Evaluation, which use