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Early Programming with Pascal
- Richard Eisenberg's first real programming experience was with Pascal at age 12.
- He learned by deciphering syntax diagrams in the compiler's manual, fostering a fascination with language structure.
Joining the Haskell Community
- During his PhD, Eisenberg needed Haskell compiler support for his dependent types work.
- Simon Peyton Jones encouraged him to contribute directly, launching his Haskell involvement.
Dependent Types and Proofs
- Dependent types enable encoding proofs within programs, ensuring correctness during compilation.
- This allows developers to verify program behavior matches intentions, like a sorting function producing a true permutation.