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In modern programming languages the notion of type has become so natural and widespread that it is easy to forget about its origins and its theoretical relevance. A type is simply seen as a useful means of classification of the objects that a program manipulates: types help to understand better what a program does, and they also provide a valuable firewall against many common programming errors.
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Di Cosmo, R. (1995). Introduction. In: Isomorphisms of Types. Progress in Theoretical Computer Science. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2572-0_1
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