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## Code generation, runtime and ABI

- The Swift Runtime ([Part 1: Heap Objects][], [Part 2: Type Layout][])
by Jordan Rose (blog post series, Aug-Sep 2020): This blog post series
describes the runtime layout for classes, closures and structs, as well
as basic runtime functionality such as retain/release that needs to be
handled when porting Swift to a new platform, such as [Mac OS 9][].
- [How Swift Achieved Dynamic Linking Where Rust Couldn't][] by Alexis
Beingessner (blog post, Nov 2019): This blog post describes Swift's approach
for compiling polymorphic functions, contrasting it with the strategy used by
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value witness tables, type metadata, abstraction patterns, reabstraction,
reabstraction thunks and protocol witness tables.

[Part 1: Heap Objects]: https://belkadan.com/blog/2020/08/Swift-Runtime-Heap-Objects/
[Part 2: Type Layout]: https://belkadan.com/blog/2020/09/Swift-Runtime-Type-Layout/
[Mac OS 9]: https://belkadan.com/blog/2020/04/Swift-on-Mac-OS-9/
[How Swift Achieved Dynamic Linking Where Rust Couldn't]: https://gankra.github.io/blah/swift-abi/
[arm64e: An ABI for Pointer Authentication]: https://youtu.be/C1nZvpEBfYA
[Exploiting The Swift ABI]: https://youtu.be/0rHG_Pa86oA
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