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Compile time reference counting & Lifetime Analysis in Lobster

Wouter van Oortmerssen

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  • Presented by Wouter van Oortmerssen, creator of Lobster

Advanced. Deep dive for people who know the field.

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Programming languagesSystems programmingLanguage design and type systemsMemory managementCompilers and interpreters

Wouter van Oortmerssen explains how the Lobster programming language achieves memory safety through compile-time reference counting and lifetime analysis.

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What people say. Recommended as an insightful look into compile-time memory management techniques outside of Rust.

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Here's (link to this video a better recording of lobster presentation on Wouter's own channel. I took mine down due to reasons.