CppCon 2019: Chandler Carruth “There Are No Zero-cost Abstractions”

Name: CppCon 2019: Chandler Carruth “There Are No Zero-cost Abstractions”
Description: Chandler Carruth argues in a CppCon 2019 talk that C++ has no truly zero-cost abstractions. Using examples like unique_ptr, ABI constraints and compile-time costs, he shows that abstractions cost runtime, compile time or human effort.

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Chandler Carruth argues in a CppCon 2019 talk that C++ has no truly zero-cost abstractions. Using examples like unique_ptr, ABI constraints and compile-time costs, he shows that abstractions cost runtime, compile time or human effort.

HN commenters cite it whenever zero-cost abstraction claims come up, especially for why unique_ptr is not free on some ABIs.

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C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages
Software performance & optimization

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