[Haskell-cafe] Where is the "convergence point" between Category Theory and Haskell?

[Alfredo Di Napoli]

Thank you Alexander for the reply.
My wondering is: is Hask a category created by Haskell researchers or was
something already present in literature?

Cheers,
A.

On 13 January 2013 17:44, Alexander Solla <alex.solla at gmail.com> wrote:

> There was a conversation on the cafe about this last month.  Check out:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/haskell-cafe/tBO2AowUvMY
>
> Category theory is a "language" of composition.  In "logical" terms,
> different categories are models of different axioms.  That said, a "rich
> enough" category is suitable for encoding the "whole" of category theory
> (as a language -- not necessarily as a model containing sub-models.  Typing
> introduces some complications, since types meant to help us escape logical
> paradoxes like Russell's by introducing a notion of "foundedness")
>
> Hask is the category whose objects are types and whose morphisms are
> Haskell functions.
>
> Hask is a very rich category, and is suitable for encoding a lot (but not
> all) of category theory.  As far as I know, the actual boundary is as yet
> unknown.
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Alfredo Di Napoli <
> alfredo.dinapoli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Morning Cafe,
>>
>> I'm planning to do a series of write-ups about Category Theory, to
>> publish them on the company's blog I'm currently employed.
>> I'm not a CT expert, but since the best way to learn something is to
>> explain it to others, I want to take a shot :)
>> In my mind I will structure the posts following Awodey's book, but I'm
>> wondering how can I make my posts a little more "real world".
>> I always read about the "Hask category", which seems to be the
>> "bootstrap" of the whole logic behind Haskell. Can you please give my
>> materials/papers/links/blogs to the Hask category and briefly explain me
>> how it relates to Category Theory and Haskell itself?
>>
>> I hope my question is clear enough, in case is not, I'll restate :P
>>
>> Cheers,
>> A.
>>
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