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Point-Free VideosAdvanced programming concepts explained simply. Author: Brandon Williams & Stephen Celis
Point-Free is a video series that explores advanced topics in the Swift programming language. Each episode covers a topic that may seem complex and academic at first, but turns out to be quite simple. At the end of each episode well ask whats the point?!, so that we can bring the concepts back down to earth and show how these ideas can improve the quality of your code today. Language: en-us Genres: Education, Technology Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Isolation: Performance
Episode 364
Sunday, 26 April, 2026
Members Only: Today's video is available only to members. If you are already a member, you can access your private podcast feed by visiting https://www.pointfree.co/account. --- We embark on a side quest to explore some of the community misinformation around actors and performance. A common complaint is that actors are slower than locks, and thus another reason to avoid them. Let's explore why these comparisons aren't quite what they seem, and how actors can in fact be _more_ performant than mutexes and locks.
