http://CppCon.org/ — Presentation Slides, PDFs, Source Code and other presenter materials are available at: https://github.com/cppcon/cppcon2016 — What are variants, why are they important, and how I use them? Once available to a developer, variants become one of the most commonly used tools in everyday programming. This talk will explore the venerable Boost.Variant library, discuss the improvements made by C++17’s std::variant＜＞, and close with a discussion of the exciting new language-based variant and pattern matching papers (proposed for C++20). This talk aims to be of practical utility in variant library usage and informative as to where things are heading. — David Sankel Bloomberg New York, New York David Sankel is a professional software developer/architect based in the USA and an active member of the C++ Standardization Committee. His prolific software developments have included CAD/CAM, computer graphics, visual programming languages, web applications, computer vision, and cryptography. He is a frequent speaker at the C++Now conferences and is especially well known for his advanced functional programming in C++ talks. David’s interests include large-scale development, dependently typed languages, semantic domains, EDSLs, and functional reactive programming. David's current research interests include dependently typed languages, semantic domains, EDSLs, and functional reactive programming. He currently works for Bloomberg. — Videos Filmed & Edited by Bash Films: http://www.BashFilms.com/ *-----* Register Now For CppCon 2022: https://cppcon.org/registration/ *-----*