Episode 160: Rust & Safety at Adobe with Sean Parent

Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs

In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat with Sean Parent about the latest on the Hylo programming language, potential limitations to the C++ Senders and Receivers model and the status of Rust and safety at Adobe.

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• Conor Hoekstra
• Bryce Adelstein Lelbach

About the Guest:

Sean Parent is a senior principal scientist and software architect managing Adobe’s Software Technology Lab. Sean first joined Adobe in 1993 working on Photoshop and is one of the creators of Photoshop Mobile, Lightroom Mobile, and Lightroom Web. In 2009 Sean spent a year at Google working on Chrome OS before returning to Adobe. From 1988 through 1993 Sean worked at Apple, where he was part of the system software team that developed the technologies allowing Apple’s successful transition to PowerPC.
Show Notes
Date Recorded: 2023-12-12
Date Released: 2023-12-15

• Hylo Language
• Hylo on Compiler Explorer
• Hylo Arrays
• C++ Sender & Receivers
• Lightroom Mobile
• Lightroom Web
• STLab Concurrency Libraries
• STLab Concurrency Libraries on GitHub
• Adobe Content Authenticator (written in Rust)
• EU Legislation (Cyber Resilience Act)
• US Legislation (Bill 2670)
• The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps (CIA, NSA, FBI, et al)
• NSA on Memory Safe Languages
• White House Executive Order on Cybersecurity
• Mac Folklore Podcast
• Mac Folklore Episode 98: Basal Gangster - A/UX: The Long View (2010)
• Keynote: Safety and Security: The Future of C++ - JF Bastien - CppNow 2023
• MISRA C++ 2023
• Jonathon Blow on the Quality of Software (Software is in Decline)
• Intel’s Optane Memory

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