[Agda] Request of suggestion of learning material for Agda

Martin Escardo m.escardo at cs.bham.ac.uk
Mon Aug 28 22:24:35 CEST 2017



On 27/08/17 20:48, marioxcc.MT at yandex.com wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I want to learn computer programming and proof formalization in Agda. I
> am aware that there are *several* tutorials listed in
> <http://wiki.portal.chalmers.se/agda/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Othertutorials>.
> Listing several tutorials adds the difficulty of choosing among them.

"Dependent types at work" by Bove and Dybjer is an excellent starting 
point.

http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~peterd/papers/DependentTypesAtWork.pdf

Martin


> 
> Obviously I do not want to read from an obsolete tutorial, but since it
> is necessary to *already* know the current Agda to tell whether a
> tutorial is current, I am instead writing to the members of this mailing
> list to ask for a specific suggestion. A suggestion to read a book or
> manual instead of tutorial is also welcome.
> 
> In case it makes any difference, I want to mention that I am familiar
> with classical propositional and first order logic, and to a lesser
> degree, ZF set theory and HOL4. I do not have any experience with
> dependent types.
> 
> I am willing to read a book about type theory in parallel with
> Agda-specific material if this is required.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> 
> 
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Martin Escardo
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