Barry Revzin
Developer at Jump Trading
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolBarry Revzin is a seasoned C++ developer with over a decade of experience building high-performance systems at trading firms including Jump Trading and KCG, grounded in an MIT education in mathematics and computer science. An active contributor to influential C++ projects such as range-v3 (the basis for C++20 std::ranges) and fmtlib, he has improved core utilities, range support, and formatting features that impact modern C++ usage. He participates in the C++ Standards Committee and is one of the top C++ users on StackOverflow, reflecting both deep language expertise and community engagement. His background as a quantitative analyst informs a pragmatic focus on correctness and performance, and he occasionally applies his data skills to Olympic swimming analysis—an unexpected blend of sport and statistics.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mathematics, Computer Science, BS, Mathematics, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyRMHS
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Github Skills (89)
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ericniebler/range-v3
May 2019 - Dec 2022
Range library for C++14/17/20, basis for C++20's std::ranges
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 21 commits, 44 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Barry primarily focused on enhancing the range-v3 library for C++. Their contributions involved implementing and refining core utility functions like `addressof`, adding deduction guides for various views, and integrating the `take_last` functionality. They also addressed existing issues, as seen in the changes to `group_by` and `join` views, improving their functionality and safety. In addition, the user worked on integrating "safe" ranges opt-in features.
stdcppc-plus-plusiteratorheader-only
fmtlib/fmt
May 2020 - Nov 2022
A modern formatting library
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 reviews, 11 commits, 16 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Barry primarily focused on enhancing the `fmtlib/fmt` library. Their contributions include adding sentinel support and convenience functions to the `join` function for improved iterator handling. They also extended `fmt::join` to support C++20 ranges and addressed issues related to formatting of ranges of ranges. Furthermore, the user implemented formatting for the `n` specifier, and refined the range formatting implementation.
chronorustc-plus-plusperformanceprintf
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