CppCon 2017: Matt Godbolt “What Has My Compiler Done for Me Lately? Unbolting the Compiler's Lid”

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Demystifies what compilers do, teaching how to read assembly output.

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Matt Godbolt (Compiler Explorer) shows how compilers transform C++ into assembly and the clever optimisations they perform.

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