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CppCon 2016: Jason Turner “Rich Code for Tiny Computers: A Simple Commodore 64 Game in C++17”

Jason Turner's CppCon 2016 talk builds a simple Commodore 64 game using C++17, showing how constexpr and const let a modern compiler produce tight 6502 code. He walks through assembly output to show abstractions being optimized away.

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Why HN readers recommended it

A perennial favorite, recommended as proof that expressive modern C++ can compile to efficient code even on tiny retro hardware.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
CppCon
Topic
modern c++ on embedded hardware
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
13
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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  • For those who haven't seen it, there is a wonderful talk by Jason Turner about writing a simple Pong clone for the Commodore 64 in modern C++: [VIDEO]

    dmit on Hacker News · 2016-10
    In Twenty years later I wrote a Tetris again

  • Absolutely. There was a fantastic talk at CppCon last year, using C++17 to program a game for the Commodore 64. Using standard C++ idioms, the optimizer was easily able to make it compile down to efficient machine code. [1] [VIDEO]

    MereInterest on Hacker News · 2017-02
    In C++ on Embedded Systems

  • Your second link reminded me of [LINK] (which definitely builds on some of Matt's work). [VIDEO] - C++17 for the Commodore 64. Probable language warnings for my other suggestions: * Rescuing Prince of Persia from the Sands of Time [LINK] (was this talk ever given …

    voltagex_ on Hacker News · 2016-10
    In Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?

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