Ask HN: Is there any programming language with a Physics-like dimensional types?
I am curious if there is a programming language with a type system that would cater to types in Physics?
For example, I could say:
deftype distancd from double;
deftype time from double;
deftype speed from distance/time;
deftype acceleration from speed/time;
distance d = 10.5;
time t = 1.2;
speed s = d/t; // okay
acceleration a = d/t/t; // okay
acceleration b = d/t; // error
Is there any programming language type system that supports this idea?
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 15.4 ms ] threador this python library : https://github.com/katerina7479/python-units-of-measure