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Uniqueness typing and affine (or linear) typing are dual type systems. Uniqueness gives a guarantee that an term has not been shared, while affinity imposes a restriction that a term may not be shared. We show that we can unify both concepts through polymorphism.
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de Vries, E. (2013). Modelling Unique and Affine Typing Using Polymorphism. In: Achten, P., Koopman, P. (eds) The Beauty of Functional Code. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8106. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40355-2_13
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