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Exclusive Interview With Dave Abrahams - Hylo: Generic-programming Language Built on Value Semantics

on YouTube 21m
Interviewat C++ on Sea 2024 · 2024-07-02..07-05· [compilers-and-language-design]

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name:Dave Abrahams
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resources

video:https://youtu.be/Ea3A5TzhT6w
slides:none on file

summary

A language built around strict mutable value semantics claims to deliver safety, ease of use, and efficiency while reducing tradeoffs; the project already has a working compiler and a standard library skeleton, with concrete design changes and several surprising research findings about aliasing and ownership. The team moves from "experimental" to explicit production ambitions, shows which features are practical today, and demonstrates a compiler that runs real examples and exposes remaining implementation challenges.

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chapters (7)

  1. 0:00Interview intro
  2. 1:26Early Boost work
  3. 3:56Boost origins and impact
  4. 8:58C++ to Swift to Hylo
  5. 12:12Value semantics inspiration
  6. 16:34Hylo development and future
  7. 19:02C++ insights from Hylo

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