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Going Native 2012 Keynote Stroustrup

Bjarne Stroustrup's keynote at Going Native 2012 covers the ideas behind C++11, including using types to prevent errors and simplifying code with the STL.

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as a good talk on the thinking behind C++11 and on using the type system to prevent bugs; some other mentions quote it critically.

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

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
savage309
Topic
c++11
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2012–2025

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

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • This sounds like the kind of problem that puts really expensive robots into craters. [VIDEO] There's a salient point in that talk where he describes a mission that failed due to a human error. Someone forgot to convert an internal representation of a unit in …

    agentultra on Hacker News · 2012-05
    In A Dangerous Obsession with Primitives
  • GoingNative 2012 - Bjarne Stroustrup talks about C++ 11. Very good talk about the ideas behind C++ 11 [VIDEO]

    munk801 on Hacker News · 2013-04
    In Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.