Slava Pestov's corner of the web
Hi there! I live in the Hudson Valley of New York, with my wife, kids, and various animals. My primary professional interest is some combination of programming language design and math.
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Current work
Apple (2015–)
I'm currently on the Swift compiler team at Apple. I'm responsible for a handful of your favorite language features and more than a few of your favorite bugs, as I am the #2 contributor to the Swift git repo.
A work-in-progress book:
A blog post:
Talks:
Evolution proposals:
Previous work
Google (2010–2014)
I played a key role in the development of firmware and device drivers for a new data center storage device that was successfully deployed in production.
Factor (2003–2010)
I led the development of the Factor programming language, which continues to be maintained to this day.
A conference paper:
A talk:
jEdit (1998–2003)
I also wrote jEdit, a popular programmer's text editor.
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