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Accidental Tech Podcast

ATP Interview: Holly Borla & Ben Cohen

Jun 12, 2024
01:00:08
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Swift Language Engineering Manager Holly Borla and Senior Software Engineering Manager Ben Cohen discuss topics such as data race safety in Swift 6, the evolution of Swift compiler, maintaining code quality, ensuring thread safety, transitioning to Swift Concurrency, and collaborative development of language features for Swift.
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Quick takeaways

  • Swift 6 introduces strict concurrency checking for safer concurrent programming.
  • Incremental migration to Swift 6 allows integration of new features without major code changes.

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Introduction of Special Guests: Holly and Ben

Swift development welcomes special guests, Holly Borla and Ben Cohen, who are well-known figures in the Swift programming community. Holly, as the Swift language engineering manager, leads the team focusing on language features like concurrency models. Ben manages the Swift team overall, including language aspects, backend, and tooling. Their experiences highlight the importance of their roles in shaping Swift's evolution.

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