Marshall has been writing code for more than 40 years. He has been writing open source code for 20+ years. He contributes to Boost (since 2002), was the tech lead for libc++ for many years, and was the chair of the Library Working Group of the C++ standards committee.
Join Jeff and Marshall as they work with conference attendees to build an entire Boost-worthy library in a week!
We are tool-using animals. We create tools to improve our lives. As software developers, we use tools to make better software. They enable us to do things that we have never done before. But they also limit the things that we can do. In this talk, I will explore the history of development tools, talk about how people have dealt with limitations in their tools (including writing new tools), and how the last decade has seen an explosion of new, more powerful tools. New tools are being written all the time. What does the future hold? More tools, certainly. Better […]