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The feature in OxCaml that more languages should steal

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

The article introduces OxCaml's [@zero_alloc] feature from Jane Street that prevents heap allocations in a function's call tree, with the compiler enforcing zero allocations. It argues this compiler-level guarantee is preferable to post-hoc profiling and outlines how the feature works.

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