C: A Humbling Language
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Some languages have beautiful constructs and elegant power. Others have
novelty and fresh ideas. Surely C is a sometimes-necessary evil, and
been around so long that there's nothing new to discover about it? So
what kind of retarded masochist would select C as their language of
choice? And why?
Keywords: C, programming, development
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C, C++
Presentation Type:
45 minute Keynote Presentation in English
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Mr Rusty Russell
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Paul "Rusty" Russell is an Australian free software programmer and advocate.
Rusty Russell wrote the packet filtering systems ipchains and netfilter/iptables in the Linux operating system kernel. Linus Torvalds has referred to him as one of his "top deputies" as of 2003.
Russell conceived and conducted the Conference of Australian Linux Users at Monash University in 1999, the forerunner of the annual linux.conf.au conference series.
Russell is intellectual property advisor to Linux Australia and is active in advocating against and critiquing intellectual property elements of the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States. He was also a member of the Linux Australia committee in 2004.
Russell was the recipient of the inaugural (and eponymous) Rusty Wrench award for service to the free software community at linux.conf.au 2005.
Rusty Russell wrote the packet filtering systems ipchains and netfilter/iptables in the Linux operating system kernel. Linus Torvalds has referred to him as one of his "top deputies" as of 2003.
Russell conceived and conducted the Conference of Australian Linux Users at Monash University in 1999, the forerunner of the annual linux.conf.au conference series.
Russell is intellectual property advisor to Linux Australia and is active in advocating against and critiquing intellectual property elements of the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States. He was also a member of the Linux Australia committee in 2004.
Russell was the recipient of the inaugural (and eponymous) Rusty Wrench award for service to the free software community at linux.conf.au 2005.
Ref: OS7P0115