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> Effect handlers let you define advanced control abstractions, like exceptions, async/await, iterators, parsers, ambient state, or probabilistic programs, as a user library in a typed and composable way.

> Perceus is an advanced compilation method for reference counting. This lets Koka compile directly to C code without needing a garbage collector or runtime system! This also gives Koka excellent performance in practice.

Effectful functional language that compiles to C? Sounds great.

parent jitl 2 years ago

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