Jared Forsyth discusses a paper introducing flow typing as a solution to the threading problem in linear type systems, using lenses from functional programming to mutate stateful typing contexts. He recently implemented the execution model into a new programming language to test its practical usability.
Background
Linear type systems enforce that values are used exactly once, which is valuable for resource management but historically cumbersome to use. Flow typing applies lens theory to manage type context mutations more naturally.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026 at 02:54 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10