C++ Seasoning

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended whenever the STL mindset or avoiding raw loops in C++ comes up, as an enlightening talk on expressive algorithms.

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

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

aghuttun

Topic

modern c++

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2022

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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• Yes! Alexander Stepanov is fantastic. He's the designer of the Standard Template Library (STL) for C++, which is C++'s core library of generic algorithms. It's part of the standard libary. If you can understand how to use the STL properly, you're well on your way …

• Sean Parent has a good talk about no loops in C++. His primary argument is that typically a loop is an algorithm you’re applying (map, filter, reduce…) and the raw loop masks the algorithm. [VIDEO]

• It was a cute gimmick for the title, nm. But you should try to avoid raw loops in favor of established iteration patterns / standard library algorithms. I found this talk on the subject by Sean Parent to be educational: [VIDEO]