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CppCon 2015: Andrei Alexandrescu “std::allocator...”
CppCon · Oct 13, 2015 · 1h 12m
What this video covers
Andrei Alexandrescu's CppCon 2015 talk argues that std::allocator is badly designed. He proposes building high-performance allocators from small composable, templated pieces.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN repeatedly recommends it as an entertaining, mind-opening talk on allocator design and composable generic programming.
14.5recommendation score
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- distinct recommenders
- 11
- recommendation months
- 7
- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“gave a great, entertaining, and technically elegant talk on memory allocation in C and C++ at Cppcon 2015 that is well worth watching”
“(mind bending stuff)”
“it was really interesting. And Andrei's presentation style was fantastic, per usual.”