About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Mark Guidarelli about the history of C++ and programming languages over four decades.

Jason and Mathieu are joined by Mark Guidarelli to discuss the history of C++ and esoteric programming languages, Mark's own development history spanning four decades, and what "merging" used to mean before source control.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason, Mathieu

Guest: Mark Guidarelli

Topics covered

• C++ history
• programming languages
• development history
• source control
• esoteric languages

Keywords

• C++
• programming languages
• development history
• source control
• esoteric languages

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Books & works: esoteric programming languages

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