Hare Adopts Linear Types to Guarantee Safe Resource Management

Linear types provide compile-time guarantees that finite resources like files are used exactly once and cannot be forgotten or reused unsafely. By distinguishing between consumable linear types and copyable free types, Hare enables developers to write memory-safe systems code without garbage collection. This approach offers an elegant solution to resource management that's both safer than traditional C and more explicit about resource lifecycle than languages relying solely on destructors.