CppCon 2015: Sean Parent "Better Code: Data Structures"

Why HN readers recommended it

Commenters say it changes how you think about types and the STL, and makes a case for simple modern C++.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

CppCon

Topic

c++ data structures

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2016–2021

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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• If anyone is interested in Type systems and what's a type, I highly recommend watching the first 20 mins of Sean Parent's presentation: [VIDEO] It will change the way you think about types after this.

• Sean Parent "Better Code: Data Structures" (2015): [VIDEO] I've been programming in C++ and using the STL for many years but this one really made me aware of what just might be the best way to think about it.

• I've been spending a few days going through talks from last years cppcon[1]. They're all good, but they've all left me with a strong desire for a strongly opinionated, there-is-no-past-only-the-future introduction to C++14 (and incidentally, C11). I've added a few of those talks I've watched …