Defunctionalization in a Functional Language with Ayaz Hafiz
May 24, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 62
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Episode description
Richard talks to Ayaz Hafiz about his work on the Roc programming language. They discuss behind-the-scenes compiler details like implementing ad-hoc polymorphism and defunctionalization using lambda sets. Along the way they get into how these implementation details interact with design of the language, and the experience of using the language.
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