Hindley-Milner type system
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English
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Etymology
[edit]First described by J. Roger Hindley and later rediscovered by Robin Milner.
Noun
[edit]Hindley-Milner type system (plural Hindley-Milner type systems)
- (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.