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#131 – Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages
Lex Fridman Podcast
Navigating Compiler Design and Performance Challenges
This chapter explores the intricacies of compiler design, emphasizing the unpredictability of performance that arises from code modifications. It contrasts the decision-making role of human architects in parallelizing applications with the limitations of auto-parallelizing compilers, while celebrating advancements in machine learning that enable efficient programming. The discussion also delves into hardware innovations and the philosophical implications of computing architectures, including thoughts on quantum computing and its future capabilities.
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