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make sure to check out their structure definition language: http://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-dependent http://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-dependent look l
by kpierre 13y ago
make sure to check out their structure definition language:
http://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-dependent http://core.telegram.org/mtproto/TL-dependent
look like a great parody to me? can't tell if they are serious with these 'dependent types'
- TelegramApp 13y agoIs anything wrong with it?
- kpierre 13y agoit's ridiculous, pseudo-mathematical, and a severe case of NIH syndrome :-) Peano numbers for data definition language? are you serious?
- Confusion 13y agoYou can drop the first two. And the third can have different motivations: I think here we just have a mathematician with sufficient time on their hands who enjoyed coming up with this. I think the primary valid complaint is: overly complex for its task.
- kpierre 13y agoit's not just overly complex, the use of 'dependent types' for this indicates that the author doesn't understand how they are really useful. neither he seems to know what serialization is, he apparently wants to serialize linked lists.
- hrjet 13y agoFrom their page describing TL language. > TL Language (Type Language or Time Limit) So it is a partially applied acronym with a branch in it! There is something seriously messed up in this project.