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If so, prove; if not, explain why. If so, prove; if not, explain why.
## Standard Library ## Standard Library
Definitions similar to those in this chapter can be found in the standard library. Definitions similar to those in this chapter can be found in the standard library.

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Since 2013, I have taught a course on Types and Semantics for Since 2013, I have taught a course on Types and Semantics for
Programming Languages to fourth-year undergraduates and masters Programming Languages to fourth-year undergraduates and masters
students at the University of Edinburgh. That course is not based on students at the University of Edinburgh. That course is not based on
TAPL, but on Pierce's subsequent textbook, [Software Foundations][sf], the excellent [Types and Programming Languages][tapl] by Benjamin
Pierce, but on Pierce's subsequent textbook, [Software Foundations][sf],
written in collaboration with others and based on Coq. I am convinced written in collaboration with others and based on Coq. I am convinced
of Pierce's claim that basing a course around a proof assistant aids of Pierce's claim that basing a course around a proof assistant aids
learning, as summarised in his ICFP Keynote, [Lambda, The Ultimate learning, as summarised in his ICFP Keynote, [Lambda, The Ultimate