Michael and Chris discuss the current state of lower level development, using C and other low level languages as a window into the deepest parts of software development.
Plus your great feedback, and more!
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Show Notes:
Feedback
- Emett wants to know if there is a development or scripting solution to have to repave
mutiple boxes quickly. - Stefan is interested in hearing more about desktop development and is working on a panel in Xlib and Python.
- Daniel, is interested in recursion.
- Some passionate reactions to the piracy issues.
PSA RE TOS
- Mike attempts to rescue a Google+ friend from the jaws of GMAIL’s TOS… and fails.
Low Level 101
- What exactly is a low level language?
- Why should I care?
- Where would I find low level languages in use today.
UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!(Sorta)
- Generally, the lower you go the more efficient your code.
- C will have a much faster startup time than higher level languages
- More portable than you might think….
- Higher level languages Java in particular have been inching closer and closer to C / C++ running speed
For All You Snakes Out There
Danger in Deep
- Think before you dive
- Memory management
- Development time++
- GCC / LLVM — make sure you never go it alone
- Proprietary extensions…. Bad for the web — bad for native code
The Horror! The Horror
- Tubsta shares his horror story
Project Update
Book Pick
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