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C++ Today: The Beast is Back - Jon Kalb [ACCU 2018]

Name: C++ Today: The Beast is Back - Jon Kalb [ACCU 2018]
Uploaded: 2018-04-26T16:20:54Z
Duration: 1 h 2 min 17 s
Channel: ACCU Conference
Description: Jon Kalb provides a historical perspective on C++, explaining its popularity cycles and why it remains the primary language for performance-critical systems.

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Programming languages History and culture C++History of computing Performance and optimization

Jon Kalb provides a historical perspective on C++, explaining its popularity cycles and why it remains the primary language for performance-critical systems.

This presentation will cover why engineers looking for performance choose C++. I will present a historical perspective of C++ focusing on what’s going on in the C++ community right now and where the language and its user base is heading. With a renewed interest in performance for both data centers and mobile devices, and the success of open source software libraries, C++ is back and it is hot. This presentation will explain why C++ is most software engineers' go-to language for performance. You will receive a rough historical sketch that puts C++ in perspective and covers its popularity ups and downs. This talk is based, in part, on the book "C++ Today: The Beast is Back" published by O’Reilly.

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