
Episode 203: Rotates All the Way Down with Sean Parent (Part 2)
About this episode
In this episode, Conor and Ben continue their chat with Sean Parent about std::rotate, std::stable_sort and more!
About the Guest:
Sean Parent is a senior principal scientist and software architect managing Adobe's Software Technology Lab. Sean first joined Adobe in 1993 working on Photoshop and is one of the creators of Photoshop Mobile, Lightroom Mobile, and Lightroom Web. In 2009 Sean spent a year at Google working on Chrome OS before returning to Adobe. From 1988 through 1993 Sean worked at Apple, where he was part of the system software team that developed the technologies allowing Apple’s successful transition to PowerPC.
Show Notes
Date Recorded: 2024-09-26
Date Released: 2024-10-11
- ADSP Episode 202: Rotates All the Way Down with Sean Parent (Part 1)
- From Mathematics to Generic Programming (FM2GP)
- Elements of Programming
- Stepanov Papers (website)
- Stepanov Papers: Notes on Higher Order Programming in Scheme
- Stepanov Papers: Class Notes & Videos - Incomplete Notes for Foundations of Programming
- C++ std::rotate
- C++ std::stable_sort
- C++ std::stable_partition
- C++ Seasoning by Sean Parent
- C++ std::nth_element
- C++ std::sort
- C++ std::partition
- C++ std::partial_sort
- Four Algorithmic Journeys Part 1: Spoils of the Egyptians
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