
Episode 155: Don't Hurt Yourself (with C++) with Jonathan O'Connor
About this episode
In this episode, Conor and Bryce conclude their conversation with Jonathan O’Connor and chat about a plethora of topics: multiparadigm languages, Ratfor, airport lounges, Meeting C++, code::dive and more.
About the Guest:
Jonathan O’Connor in 1988 joined Glockenspiel, a small Irish company. C++ had no virtual destructors, but it did have a coroutine library! I spent 2 years teaching C++ and OOP. In 2000, he switched over to Java. But by 2010, he started 7 wonderful years writing in Ruby. In 2016, he returned to a completely different C++, where one never had to see a pointer if you didn’t want to. These days he is helping to make the world a better place writing C++ code for LADE GmbH, a company building electric car charging infrastructure.
Show Notes
Date Recorded: 2023-10-18
Date Released: 2023-11-10
- Jonathan O’Connor Meeting C++ Bio
- Ratfor
- Software Tools by Brian Kernighan and P.J. Plauger
- ADSP Bingo Board
- Meeting C++ Conference
- code::dive Conference
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Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic
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