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The Blag
Personal blog · blag.cedeela.frprogrammingmath
The Blag is a personal blog at blag.cedeela.fr about programming and math. Since 2019, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's posts on the Curry-Howard correspondence, the idea that math proofs and computer programs are the same thing, including a post arguing against treating it as a central idea.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Logic, Computer Graphics, OCaml, Rust, etc.
What Hacker News says?
Nim is adding proof engine integration [1] { though it may not be for everyone/all circumstances [2] ;-) }. [1] https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/drnim.html [2] https://blag.cedeela.fr/curry-howard-scam
Comment linking /curry-howard-scam
on “50 Years of Pascal”Submitted Curry-Howard Is a Scam as a story · 10 points
HN discussionI also still don't get it, years later. I wrote a short post on this (a bit too inflammatory, tbh, sorry for the URL): https://blag.cedeela.fr/curry-howard-scam/ . A lot of logic and theorem proving can be done without ever thinking about CH. In classical logic I think it's not even that convenient anyway, and classical logic is a pragmatic choice.
Comment linking /curry-howard-scam/
on “The Deep Link Equating Math Proofs and Computer Programs”Submitted On Moonpool as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Solving Sudokus with Msat as a story · 1 points
HN discussion