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Per Martin-Löf was instrumental in extending type theory to dependent types, although the first version of his dependent type theory was impredicative with Type:Type and was shown to be inconsistent by J.-Y. Girard. Subsequent versions of Martin-Löf type theory have been predicative, but other dependent type theories (such as the calculus of constructions) stuck with (more benign forms of) impredicativity.


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