89: Implementing the Swift Runtime in Swift, with Jordan Rose

What’s in a Swift runtime?

• Swift on Mac OS 9
• Heap Objects
• Type Layout
• Type Metadata
• Uniquing Caches
• Class Metadata
• Class Metadata Initialization

Other links

• Layout guarantees
• Steve Troughton-Smith’s BitPaint
• @ksherlock’s mpw
• An explainer on Swift weak references

About Jordan

• Twitter @UINT_MIN
• Belkadan
• Citizens’ Climate Lobby

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