152: Embracing Mathematics with Philip Wadler
October 16th, 2019 · 49 mins 32 secs
About this Episode
02:35 - Philip’s Superpower: Being Not Afraid of Mathematics
04:07 - Programming Language Foundations in Agda
Software Foundations by Benjamin C. Pierce
15:32 - Using a Proof Assistant
22:57 - Human Creativity + Insight
30:02 - Specifications
Use of Formal Methods at Amazon Web Services
The Evolution of Testing Methodology at AWS: From Status Quo to Formal Methods with TLA+
How Amazon web services uses formal methods
35:25 - How To Translate Abstract Concepts So Practitioners Can Use Them
Reflections:
Rein: The way we are taught math makes us hate it.
Jess: There’s a difference between learning the foundations of programming and learning the skills of programming
Chanté: How do we make conversations like this more accessible?
Jacob: Ways of getting quick and seamless feedback as you are writing a program.
Joint Cognitive Systems: Foundations of Cognitive Systems Engineering
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