#131 – Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages

Chris Lattner is a world-class software & hardware engineer,
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https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for
the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. 00:00 - Introduction 07:12 -
Working with Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jeff Dean 12:42 - Why do
programming languages matter? 18:42 - Python vs Swift 29:35 -
Design decisions 34:53 - Types 38:41 - Programming languages are a
bicycle for the mind 41:13 - Picking what language to learn 47:12 -
Most beautiful feature of a programming language 56:36 - Walrus
operator 1:06:03 - LLVM 1:11:15 - MLIR compiler framework 1:15:21 -
SiFive semiconductor design 1:27:56 - Moore's Law 1:31:09 -
Parallelization 1:35:37 - Swift concurrency manifesto 1:46:26 -
Running a neural network fast 1:52:03 - Is the universe a quantum
computer? 1:57:44 - Effects of the pandemic on society 2:14:56 -
GPT-3 2:19:15 - Software 2.0 2:32:41 - Advice for young people
2:37:24 - Meaning of life