It's not an analogy: Lean literally is a compiler, and its failure modes match
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-09-10
Continuing the discussion, Blanche Minerva notes that anything able to sneak past this typecheck (a buggy compiler, or a signature not matching intent) can also subvert Lean — and this isn't an analogy: Lean literally is a compiler.
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