About this episode
Jonathan Wakely discusses libstdc++, its ABI compatibility, and the approach of GCC and libstdc++ to these challenges.
Jonathan Wakely joins Phil and Timur. Jonathan talks to us about libstdc++ (GCC's standard library implementation), of which he is the lead maintainer, and tackles some tough questions like ABI compatibility - and how GCC and libstdc++ approach it.
People in this episode
Hosts: Phil Nash, Timur Doumler
Guest: Jonathan Wakely
Topics covered
- libstdc++
- GCC
- ABI compatibility
- standard library
- software development
Keywords
- libstdc++
- GCC
- ABI compatibility
- standard library
- software development
- C++
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: libstdc++, GCC
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