CppCon 2016: Dan Saks “extern c: Talking to C Programmers about C++”

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended in C versus C++ and embedded threads as the expert view on adoption and persuasion.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

CppCon

Topic

c and c++ culture

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

11

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• The mentioned cppcon presentation by Dan Saks is awesome. Highly recommend watching even if you are not interested in C or C++ : [VIDEO]

• I mean the embedded systems where Assembly and C89 still rule, and there is very hard to change, because the problem of adopting anything else is cultural. Basically, while there are projects being done in C++, and many companies are finally migrating from C to …

• So, I will let one of the renowned experts speak instead. CppCon 2016: Dan Saks “extern c: Talking to C Programmers about C++” [VIDEO] Embedded Development with Dan Saks [LINK] Regarding Java vs C++, yes the enterprise world has adopted Java, however as someone doing …