Hindley-Milner type system

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

Hindley-Milner type system (plural Hindley-Milner type systems)

  1. (computing theory) 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.

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