2/10 Data Types and the world of (smart) pointers [2026]

In the beginnings were...data and data types. Which is where we begin our journey through C++. The language provides for a range of interesting, fundamental, complex and custom types - one of which is a set of pointer types. My guest in this episode is Marc Hartung from Dive in Berlin, Germany.Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointer_(computer_programming) summary of what pointers arehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_(programming_language) one of the early uses of pointers in the APL languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management article on memory managementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/type-conversions-and-type-safety-modern-cpp an article on type conversionhttps://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/_005f_005fint128.html GCC compiler and support for 128bit integershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B_Standard_Library C++ Standard Libraryhttps://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/242604.242613 Ań article on how the C++ Standard Library emergedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Template_Library the Standard Template Library (not to be confused with the C++ Standard Lib)Don't be shy - say HiThis podcast is brought to you by the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College London, UK. Producer and Host: Peter Schmidt