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by momentoftop 1095 days ago
I was at Edinburgh when this came out, and it went round the mailing list. Wadler replied saying he wasn't aware of the fact, and wanted to know the proof.

I was sharing an office a few floors down with Roko of Basilisk fame, who was the category theory guy. He thought about it for a few minutes and then took us through the proof on the board.

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this is the hardest I've ever been flexed on at HN

well done

At least they haven't won the Putnam[1]

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079