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Effect Systems vs. Print Debugging: A Pragmatic Solution


A discussion of how the Flix type and effect system supports print-debugging.

In memory-unsafe languages, the consequences can be more dire: corrupted data, segmentation faults, or arbitrary code execution. But surely one little white lie is okay, you suggest, as you carelessly add that unchecked_cast to your program, while I look on with dark visions of unspeakable cosmic horror. He had just finished reading a blog post on HackerNews about a new programming language with a type and effect system: Flix.

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