Bryan Cantrill on Programming Languages and Their Values

FunctionalTV · Talk · 37 min · 2018 · YouTube title: Scale By The Bay 2018: Bryan Cantrill, Rust and Other Interesting Things

Why it's here

Cited again and again as the framework for discussing languages in terms of values, and how organizational values shape software quality.

What it covers

Bryan Cantrill argues that programming languages and platforms reflect core values, and compares languages through that lens, with Rust as a main example. He draws on his experience with Solaris, DTrace and ZFS.