William Fulton
Bath, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarWilliam Fulton is a seasoned software engineer with 25 years of experience and 15 years focused on software development and project management across real-time and desktop domains. He is fluent in C++, Java, C#, and Python, and combines deep language expertise with pragmatic delivery of complex systems. As a long-time maintainer and contributor to SWIG, he has driven C++11/C++20 interoperability enhancements and improved typemaps and error handling to simplify bindings for languages like Python, Java, and C#. Based in Bath, England, he blends hands-on back-end engineering with project stewardship, often tackling thorny issues like overload resolution and modern C++ features. His work is notable for improving developer ergonomics when bridging C++ libraries to high-level languages, a quieter but high-impact contribution to many ecosystems.
25 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (15)
c-language10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
swig10
template-metaprogramming9
javas8
dotnet-core8
java8
python8
csharp8
perl7
ruby7
oracle-coherence6
ocaml6
go5
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
swig/swig
Jul 2001 - Jan 2023
SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:191 reviews, 3209 commits, 536 PRs in 21 years 9 months
Contributions summary:William appears to be working on enhancements to SWIG for C++ code generation, particularly focusing on features related to C++11 and C++20 standards. Their contributions primarily involve adding and improving typemaps for standard library components, such as std::unique_ptr and std::string_view, enabling better interoperability between C++ and target languages like C#, Java, Python, Ruby, and Perl. They also addressed issues related to handling overloaded functions and using declarations, which are crucial for proper code generation in C++. The impact of their work includes enhanced error reporting and improved code generation.
cppprogramming-languageswig
swig/www
Jun 2001 - Dec 2022
Web pages at http://www.swig.org
Contributions:271 commits, 6 PRs, 51 pushes in 21 years 9 months
swig
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