Curry–Howard is a lens for insight, not a claim that math is just programming
SucceededMind · x · 2026-07-25
The poster argues that the Curry–Howard isomorphism was never meant to reduce mathematics to programming or elevate programming to mathematician-level prestige.
Instead, they frame it as a productive lens for understanding both fields: intuitionistic math and typed lambda calculus inform each other, and the past two decades of typed language work plus foundational math results show that the connection has been fruitful for both sides.
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