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New post: "Subverting control with weak references" I don't use weak references often, but whenever I do I like it. I thought there might be some interesting ideas with them that help shape abstractions. So I sat down and finally explored it. Hope you enjoy it. jlongster.com/subverting-c...

Subverting control with weak references

Weak references are neat. The best language features unlock different kinds of abstractions, and weak references do exactly that. Let me show you why.

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