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Swift & Interoperability - Tony Parker & Ben Cohen

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Programming languagesSystems programmingSwiftLanguage design and type systemsCompilers and interpreters

Tony Parker and Ben Cohen discuss Swift's interoperability with C and C++ and the rewriting of Apple's Foundation library in Swift.

A special conference keynote discussing the latest developments with Swift and Interoperability 🎥 Recorded at the ServerSide.swift conference in London in 2024. 🙌 Sponsored by Broken Hands: brokenhands.io 🐥 Twitter: twitter.com/swiftserverconf 🐘 Mastodon: hachyderm.io/@swiftserverconf 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/swiftserverconf 👔 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/swiftserverconf 📱 Website: serversideswift.info ✌🏻Organized By Tim Condon: twitter.com/0xtim

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