Episode 137: Sean Parent on Val (vs Rust)!

Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs

In this episode, Conor and Bryce interview Sean Parent live from C++ On Sea 2023 about the Val programming language and how it compares to Rust, Swift and C++.

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• ADSP: The Podcast
• Conor Hoekstra
• Bryce Adelstein Lelbach

About the Guest:

Sean Parent is a senior principal scientist and software architect managing Adobe’s Software Technology Lab. Sean first joined Adobe in 1993 working on Photoshop and is one of the creators of Photoshop Mobile, Lightroom Mobile, and Lightroom Web. In 2009 Sean spent a year at Google working on Chrome OS before returning to Adobe. From 1988 through 1993 Sean worked at Apple, where he was part of the system software team that developed the technologies allowing Apple’s successful transition to PowerPC.

Show Notes

Date Recorded: 2023-06-29
Date Released: 2023-07-07

• C++ On Sea Conference
• All Sean Parent ADSP Episodes
• Adobe Software Technology Lab
• ASL Libraries
• The Val Programming Language
• The Rust Programming Language
• The Swift Programming Language
• Mutable Value Semantics
• LLVM
• Rust Traits
• CppNorth 2022 Keynote: The Tragedy of C++, Parts One & Two - Sean Parent
• C++ Seasoning - Sean Parent
• Sean Parent: “Now What? A vignette in three parts” - C++Now 2012
• Adobe ASL Adam & Eve Architecture
• Halide Language

Intro Song Info

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