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Introducing a Memory-Safe Successor Language in Large C++ Code Bases - John McCall - CppNow 2023
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John McCall of Apple's Swift team presents at CppNow 2023 on introducing a memory-safe successor language into large C++ code bases. He argues incremental improvement of C++ hits hard limits and explains Swift's C++ interoperability for gradual migration.
Used as the primary source for Apple's stated plan to make Swift its successor to C++ and for how interop supports gradual transition.
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