Rapid Prototyping in C++
summary
Covers concrete ways to prototype C++: an Excel→C++ code generator that parses MathML and emits structs, functions and calculations (saved months on a 200‑page formula), a Cling REPL (clang‑based) demo that loads headers but cannot overwrite existing types or preserve state, and a SWIG Python wrapper workflow that exposes C++ libraries for interactive exploration (example shows factorial(100) revealing a bug), plus notes on incremental compilation and practical limits.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:48Problem with C
- 6:11The C Story
- 7:56Stop plugging numbers in
- 9:22Observing expected values
- 10:35Why C
- 14:55Main Transformation
- 18:28Mapping
- 24:58Prototyping in C
- 28:41Visualization in C
- 29:43Proofofconcept
- 30:23Cling
- 31:30Quit
- 39:18Caveat
- 39:46Wrapping C
- 41:36Example C
- 44:52Exploratory Testing
- 47:19Questions Comments
- 48:00Unit Testing
- 50:55Output
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