Questions tagged [language-design]

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Is it possible to build Lisp-like macros into an imperative language?

asked 2013-07-29T19:50:16.677

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Any reason why Java shouldn't allow generic type declarations on a variable declaration?

java generics language-design

asked 2013-04-08T19:29:16.640

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What is the difference between Mirror based reflection and traditional reflection?

reflection programming-languages dart language-design dart-mirrors

asked 2012-08-26T17:20:30.157

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Why can't I create an array of a generic type?

java language-design

asked 2012-07-25T12:26:42.350

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Why built-in types in C# are language keywords?

c# language-design keyword

asked 2012-07-21T10:16:02.060

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Matching a virtual machine design with its primary programming language

jvm language-design vm-implementation

asked 2012-06-09T05:52:10.300

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Why can't overloading be implemented at excecution time?

java overloading language-design

asked 2012-05-23T04:20:03.883

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Output language/format for toy compiler

assembly compiler-construction language-design vm-implementation

asked 2012-05-06T20:03:32.440

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How do multimethods solve the namespace issue?

clojure lisp common-lisp language-design multimethod

asked 2012-03-04T07:27:51.877

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Does any other language other than JavaScript have a difference between brace start locations (same line and next line)?

javascript language-agnostic programming-languages language-design

asked 2012-02-08T10:46:01.910

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Why does the implicit copy constructor calls the base class copy constructor and the defined copy constructor doesn't?

c++ language-design copy-constructor

asked 2012-02-07T14:42:04.107

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Why isn't new in Python new-style classes a class method?

python new-operator language-design new-style-class

asked 2012-02-01T07:04:16.823

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Why is 'super' a keyword rather than a method in Ruby?

ruby language-design super

asked 2011-12-10T04:24:21.713

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Is Java's lack of unsigned primitive types a characteristic of Java the platform or Java the language?

java types language-design unsigned

asked 2011-12-01T17:27:48.880

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What's the point of const pointers?

c++ c pointers language-design const-correctness

asked 2011-10-10T15:48:02.137

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Why is there an escape sequence for VERTICAL TAB?

escaping special-characters history language-design control-characters

asked 2011-09-09T21:23:18.217

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Performance of "direct" virtual call vs. interface call in C#

c# .net performance language-design

asked 2011-08-29T01:14:17.987

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Why HttpRequest.HttpMethod is string instead of Enum?

java .net language-design

asked 2011-07-17T06:17:20.200

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Why does Ruby's 'gets' includes the closing newline?

ruby newline language-design

asked 2011-06-21T21:58:44.370

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How could an idiomatic design of Serializable/Cloneable/... look like in Scala?

java scala serialization language-design

asked 2011-06-11T18:57:02.350

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Why do raw types in one place cause generic callsites somewhere else to be treated as raw?

java generics language-design overloading raw-types

asked 2011-05-23T16:47:59.633

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What's the point of unary plus operator in Ruby?

ruby language-design unary-operator

asked 2011-04-15T17:58:23.020

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Why is this legal in C?

c language-design

asked 2011-03-15T03:58:05.103

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What is a cofunction and how would it work in Python?

python language-design language-features

asked 2011-02-25T21:37:39.293

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Why can't we declare namespace aliases inside a class?

c++ namespaces language-design

asked 2011-02-03T09:45:10.767

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Why isn't List<T> sealed?

c# .net language-design sealed

asked 2011-01-25T05:20:51.713

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Why must the last part of an Objective-C method name take an argument (when there is more than one part)?

objective-c selector language-design

asked 2010-12-18T20:18:57.200

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C++ crazy typedef : what is the point of allowing this syntax by the Standard?

c++ typedef language-design type-alias

asked 2010-12-12T17:06:13.997

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Hybrid Thread Model (M:N) Implementation

multithreading language-design multicore

asked 2010-11-22T18:57:39.960

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Why has Python decided against constant references?

python reference constants language-design language-features

asked 2010-11-16T07:42:51.317

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Why are you not allowed to call the main function?

c++ program-entry-point language-design c++03

asked 2010-11-10T11:35:38.343

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Why does java have no byte type suffix?

java language-design byte

asked 2010-10-30T15:17:01.273

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Why are polymorphic messages so much more powerful in practice than the combination of unification and backtracking?

programming-languages language-design

asked 2010-10-27T16:30:55.573

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Calling Java varargs method with single null argument?

null language-design java variadic-functions

asked 2010-10-26T21:10:09.347

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Why does C++ not have an exponentiation operator?

c++ language-design exponential exponentiation

asked 2010-09-23T03:24:10.957

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Why does C++ not allow inherited friendship?

c++ inheritance language-design friend

asked 2010-08-24T22:55:01.277

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Is there a programming language that performs currying when named parameters are omitted?

programming-languages functional-programming language-design currying named-parameters

asked 2010-06-10T13:53:09.230

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Does Python copy value or reference upon object instantiation?

python object language-design instantiation

asked 2010-06-04T13:47:11.950

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Where are the readonly/const in .NET?

.net language-design library-design

asked 2010-05-11T20:36:01.033

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Benefits of prototypal inheritance over classical?

javascript oop inheritance language-design prototype-programming

asked 2010-05-10T07:22:04.970

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Why is there a sizeof... operator in C++0x?

c++ language-design c++11

asked 2010-05-05T06:22:55.953

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Why Python language does not have a writeln() method?

python syntax history language-design

asked 2010-04-04T19:33:58.330

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Why is there no multiple inheritance in Java, but implementing multiple interfaces is allowed?

java oop inheritance interface language-design

asked 2010-03-25T12:40:41.557

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Why didn't C have a boolean data type prior to C99?

c language-design c99 c89

asked 2010-03-11T15:03:51.547

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Why aren't there compiler-generated swap() methods in C++0x?

c++ language-design c++11

asked 2010-01-16T18:44:23.393

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anonymous functions considered harmful?

javascript language-design anonymous-function

asked 2009-12-25T05:00:43.923

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Duck typing, must it be dynamic?

language-design duck-typing type-systems definitions structural-typing

asked 2009-12-22T17:52:58.067

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Why value-types are stored onto Stacks?

c# clr language-design

asked 2009-12-19T06:18:40.090

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Semicolon after classes and structs

c++ syntax language-design

asked 2009-11-23T22:59:06.490

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Why do a lot of programming languages put the type after the variable name?

programming-languages language-design grammar

asked 2009-11-11T00:41:48.677

Questions tagged language-design