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The so-called light logics [1,2,3] have been introduced as logical systems enjoying quite remarkable normalization properties. Designing a type assignment system for pure lambda calculus from these logics, however, is problematic, as discussed in [4]. In this paper we show that shifting from usual call-by-name to call-by-value lambda calculus allows regaining strong connections with the underlying logic. This will be done in the context of Elementary Affine Logic (EAL), designing a type system in natural deduction style assigning EAL formulae to lambda terms.
The three authors are partially supported by PRIN projects PROTOCOLLO (2002) and FOLLIA (2004).
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Coppola, P., Dal Lago, U., Della Rocca, S.R. (2005). Elementary Affine Logic and the Call-by-Value Lambda Calculus. In: Urzyczyn, P. (eds) Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications. TLCA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3461. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11417170_11
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