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For programs to make sense as proofs, they need to be terminating (cannot run forever), since otherwise you can write infinite loops that have any type. Under Curry-Howard this means any formula is provable, which is one way to define inconsistency. (And logics have to be consistent to be useful.)
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For programs to make sense as proofs, they need to be terminating (cannot run forever), since otherwise you can write infinite loops that have any type. Under Curry-Howard this means any formula is provable, which is one way to define inconsistency. (And logics have to be consistent to be useful.)

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