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by benwr 2939 days ago
Strongly agree. I only found Lean after a couple of weeks of struggling to pick up coq. In my opinion, this tutorial alone makes lean a better choice for beginners.
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Out of interest, what about this tutorial do you find better than (which?) Coq tutorials?

I think Lean might be the better technology, but I don't think this tutorial is better than Software Foundations. I can't see beginners not being turned off by boring discussions of hierarchies of universes before the first real proofs to get you hooked.

This tutorial starts by explaining how things work, and only later shows you magic. That's exactly what I like about it, actually. Almost every coq tutorial I found (I tried software foundations, cpdt, and several shorter online tutorials) fails to explain what you're doing before you do it.
Fair enough. That's not my preferred approach to tutorials, but tastes differ. Thanks.