SRUG 2024.07 Meetup

  • Code of Conduct

  • SRUG Discord:

https://discord.gg/Wzgya6Kjae

  • Slides:

https://slides.com/u007d

 

 

Introductions

Brad G.

  • Online: U007D ("Curly")
  • Started tech back in the 1980's
  • Hold a B.Sc. in Computer Science
  • Started in BASIC
  • Historically gravitated to low-level languages
    • MOS 6502/6510 Assembly
    • Motorola 68k Assembly
    • K&R C, ANSI C, Pascal/Object Pascal, C++

Adi H.

  • Discord: Zoro (Note: 1 R)

You?

Upcoming Meetups

  • August 8 (*2nd Thu!!*, Beginner!, Live Coding)
  • September 19 (3rd Thu)
  • October 17 (3rd Thu)

After-Meet Gathering

All are invited to join us tonight at Flatstick Pub
- (@ Redmond Town Center)

Rust Community News

 

Tonight's Talks

1.  Rust can Compete with Python!
(by Jack O.)


2. Rust for Performance on the BEAM 
(by Dylan J.)

Beginner Talks for Aug.

Live Coding!


Topics of Interest?

Presentation

Rust can Compete with Python!
(by Jack O.)

"Jack is really into Rust and hash functions. He has worked at many places and is currently at SpaceX."

Break

15-minute break

Presentation

Rust for Performance on the BEAM 
(by Dylan J.)

"Dylan is a software engineer with 7 years of experience. He enjoys functional languages for their type systems and abstraction capabilities. Upon learning that Rust can be called from Elixir, he created a mutable caching library inspired by Discord's `sorted_set_nif`."

Thank you.