Affine as in substructural linear types. They correspond to linear logic [0], and affine logic is named such because the way it's defined corresponds to affine

Affine as in substructural linear types. They correspond to linear logic [0], and affine logic is named such because the way it's defined corresponds to affine functions. You don't literally need to scale your pointers though. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_logic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_logic