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Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages | Lex Fridman Podcast #131

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Compilers, interpreters & program analysisTech pioneers & interviewsProgramming language design

What it is

Lex Fridman's long interview with Chris Lattner, creator of LLVM and Swift, covering the future of computing and programming languages. It touches on compilers, hardware, and his work at Apple, Tesla, Google and SiFive.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Mentioned as an interesting Lattner conversation whenever Swift, LLVM or language design come up.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “I watched a couple of Lex Fridman podcasts this week with Chris Lattner (creator of Swift) that I thought were interesting”

    Chris Lattner discussing computing and programming languages.

    mwattsun, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 15”

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Topics: chris lattner, swift, llvm, risc-v, lex fridman

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