Cangjie Workshop #41: Effect Handlers & Distributed Actor Framework

In this session, researchers from Huawei’s Programming Language Lab in Edinburgh share cutting-edge features for concurrent and distributed programming in Cangjie.

Speakers

• Dr. Magnus Morton
• Dr. Steven Cheung
• Mr. Jingrun Wu

🔗 Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGr-s9ABHRA

Topics Covered

Effect Handlers in Cangjie — Dr. Magnus Morton

A deep dive into effect handlers, a powerful new language feature for managing side effects. Learn how resumable exceptions work, the difference between immediate and deferred handlers, and practical applications like memoization and dependency injection.

Distributed Actor Framework — Dr. Steven Cheung

An introduction to Cangjie’s actor-based concurrency model. Discover how to eliminate data races with async message passing, build distributed systems with client-server and cluster APIs, and integrate actors as MCP tools for AI agents.

Codec Implementation — Mr. Jingrun Wu

A technical overview of a binary codec designed for server middleware, supporting 16 data types with compact encoding for high-performance communication.