Epigram (programming language)
Epigram is a functional programming language with dependent types, and the integrated development environment (IDE) usually packaged with the language. Epigram's type system is strong enough to express program specifications. The goal is to support a smooth transition from ordinary programming to integrated programs and proofs whose correctness can be checked and certified by the compiler. Epigram exploits the Curry–Howard correspondence, also termed the propositions as types principle, and is based on intuitionistic type theory.
| Paradigm | Functional |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Conor McBride James McKinna |
| Developer | Unmaintained |
| First appeared | 2004 |
| Stable release | 1
/ October 11, 2006 |
| Typing discipline | strong, static, dependent |
| OS | Cross-platform: Linux, Windows, macOS |
| License | MIT |
| Website | web |
| Influenced by | |
| ALF | |
| Influenced | |
| Agda, Idris | |
The Epigram prototype was implemented by Conor McBride based on joint work with James McKinna. Its development is continued by the Epigram group in Nottingham, Durham, St Andrews, and Royal Holloway, University of London in the United Kingdom (UK). The current experimental implementation of the Epigram system is freely available together with a user manual, a tutorial and some background material. The system has been used under Linux, Windows, and macOS.
It is currently unmaintained, and version 2, which was intended to implement Observational Type Theory, was never officially released but exists in GitHub.