In this episode, Bryce and Conor interview Dave Abrahams about how he went from programming BASIC to APL to C++! About the Guest: Dave Abrahams is a contributor to the C++ standard, a founding contributor of the Boost C++ Libraries project and of the BoostCon/C++Now conference, and was a principal designer of the Swift programming language. He recently spent seven years at Apple, culminating in the creation of the declarative SwiftUI framework, worked at Google on Swift for TensorFlow, and is now a principal scientist at Adobe, where he and Sean Parent are rebooting the Software Technology Lab. Date Recorded: 2021-10-03 Date Released: 2021-10-29 ADSP Episode 48: Special Guest Dave Abrahams!Algorithms + Data Structures = ProgramsNiklaus WirthCombinatory LogicStepanov’s “Notes on Higher Order Programming in Scheme”PDP-8BASIC Computer Games by David AhlRutgers UniversityPDP-10TECOAPLPrinceton UniversityAaron Hsu’s Co-dfns GPU CompilerSwift Programming LanguageConor’s Galaxy Brain Programming LanguagesBen Deane’s Six languages worth knowingLisp MachineEmacsComposer’s MosaicTHINK CException handling: a false sense of security - Tom GargillIntro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

In this episode, Bryce and Conor interview Dave Abrahams and talk about C++Now (aka BoostCon), C++ and Swift! About the Guest: Dave Abrahams is a contributor to the C++ standard, a founding contributor of the Boost C++ Libraries project and of the BoostCon/C++Now conference, and was a principal designer of the Swift programming language. He recently spent seven years at Apple, culminating in the creation of the declarative SwiftUI framework, worked at Google on Swift for TensorFlow, and is now a principal scientist at Adobe, where he and Sean Parent are rebooting the Software Technology Lab. Date Recorded: 2021-10-03 Date Released: 2021-10-22 C++Now (formerly BoostCon)Swift Programming LanguageC++ Move ConstructorsBoost C++ LibrariesC++ Standard Template LibraryStepanov WebsiteChris Lattner on TwitterJeremy Siek’s ProfileRust Programming LanguageC++ std::mutexC++ std::shared_mutexThe Day The Standard Library Died (blog that mentions std::string ABI break)Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8