Questions tagged [programming-languages]

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What is the difference between syntax and semantics in programming languages?

syntax programming-languages semantics

asked 2013-07-29T17:22:15.133

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Why is it called "open (or closed) recursion?

oop programming-languages this definition dynamic-dispatch

asked 2013-07-23T07:12:36.273

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What makes Julia unsuitable for general purpose programming?

programming-languages julia

asked 2013-07-02T18:47:08.387

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Why size of void pointer is 4 on Windows 64-bit platform

c windows programming-languages 32bit-64bit

asked 2013-05-29T21:03:45.403

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Are languages really dependent on libraries?

c# programming-languages dependencies libraries

asked 2013-05-07T18:50:15.783

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How do different languages implement sorting in their standard libraries?

c sorting programming-languages standard-library

asked 2013-04-30T20:23:23.830

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programming language where values and objects are different

c++ programming-languages functional-programming generic-programming

asked 2012-12-04T05:30:03.850

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Comparison of Python and R vocabularies

python r syntax programming-languages

asked 2012-10-14T04:52:43.380

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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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Coffeescript Static Analysis / Static Typechecking - Roadblocks

javascript programming-languages coffeescript static-analysis

asked 2012-06-03T23:59:49.867

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When to favor untyped over typed quotations in F#?

types f# programming-languages metaprogramming quotations

asked 2012-05-17T17:57:10.007

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Are the grammars of modern programming languages context-free or context-sensitive?

parsing programming-languages grammar theory

asked 2012-03-11T04:24:48.780

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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 JIT'ed code consume so much more memory than either compiled or interpreted code?

compiler-construction programming-languages jit pypy

asked 2011-12-30T02:08:19.540

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Ruby |= assignment operator

ruby programming-languages operators

asked 2011-12-19T23:38:21.833

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Create a programming language with C#

c# programming-languages

asked 2011-11-05T10:29:02.093

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What do these words mean in programming context

programming-languages

asked 2011-10-16T13:54:24.063

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How should FRP work at the top level?

user-interface scala programming-languages functional-programming frp

asked 2011-10-14T17:02:16.153

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Languages that Windows supports out of the box

windows programming-languages installation cross-compiling

asked 2011-10-05T07:10:54.013

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Why avoid subtyping?

oop scala programming-languages functional-programming

asked 2011-09-01T06:03:33.627

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Why/How should I used objects in JavaScript?

javascript programming-languages

asked 2011-08-03T17:29:22.530

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Python and Smalltalk - Metaprogramming capabilities comparison

python oop programming-languages metaprogramming smalltalk

asked 2011-07-27T22:52:16.420

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Scalar vs. primitive data type - are they the same thing?

programming-languages types terminology primitive-types scalar

asked 2011-07-08T10:22:55.417

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Why do .net languages vary in performance?

c# .net performance programming-languages

asked 2011-06-28T15:40:55.913

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Programming languages that compile into C/C++ source?

c++ c programming-languages code-translation

asked 2011-06-27T20:55:25.567

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Is Prolog an untyped language? What's the difference between Prolog and dynamically typed languages?

programming-languages types lisp prolog dynamic-typing

asked 2011-06-10T18:02:09.640

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Easiest way to add a GUI to C++ app

c++ user-interface programming-languages

asked 2011-06-03T22:36:39.690

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Origin of try/catch/finally syntax

programming-languages error-handling language-history

asked 2011-05-23T20:26:16.273

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Difference between delimited and undelimited continuations

language-agnostic programming-languages functional-programming continuations

asked 2011-05-19T12:55:57.877

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How do I change file extension with javascript

javascript programming-languages methods

asked 2011-05-10T16:27:28.663

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How to add @SerialVersionUID to an anonymous class?

java serialization scala programming-languages anonymous-class

asked 2011-04-05T10:10:23.650

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Understand foreign function interface (FFI) and language binding

language-agnostic programming-languages binding ffi

asked 2011-03-26T07:26:04.950

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How to match multiple words in regex

php javascript regex programming-languages regex-lookarounds

asked 2011-03-24T15:55:59.723

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What Java feature(s) historically started as a pattern and is now a language feature?

java programming-languages history

asked 2011-03-14T16:50:21.510

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Truly understanding the difference between procedural and functional

programming-languages functional-programming procedural-programming

asked 2011-03-07T22:31:33.987

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How do languages handle side effects of compound operators?

javascript c++ c programming-languages undefined-behavior

asked 2011-02-14T13:56:16.450

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Reserved keywords count by programming language?

programming-languages keyword

asked 2011-02-12T21:33:16.827

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What qualifies a programming language as dynamic?

programming-languages dynamic static

asked 2011-02-06T11:54:00.130

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Relative path to a file using C#

c# .net programming-languages

asked 2011-01-19T20:49:06.127

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Is python exception handling more efficient than PHP and/or other languages?

php python exception programming-languages

asked 2011-01-17T20:22:53.680

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what does this mean in c int a:16;?

c++ c programming-languages annotations

asked 2011-01-16T16:34:01.070

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Why do some languages need semicolons?

programming-languages

asked 2011-01-15T17:48:32.820

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How Do Hashes Work in Programming?

hash programming-languages

asked 2011-01-09T03:16:38.933

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statically/dynamically typed vs static/dynamic binding

programming-languages dynamic binding static typed

asked 2010-12-17T11:25:55.340

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Interpreters and Dynamically Typed Languages

compiler-construction programming-languages interpreter dynamic-languages

asked 2010-12-08T21:25:49.150

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Scala replacement for Arrays.binarySearch?

java search scala programming-languages

asked 2010-11-19T16:15:46.063

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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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How do I design and implement a programming language?

python programming-languages clojure forth nxt

asked 2010-10-25T11:55:27.827

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What are important languages to learn to understand different approaches and concepts?

language-agnostic programming-languages

asked 2010-10-18T11:27:09.163

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Are FP and OO orthogonal?

oop scala programming-languages functional-programming paradigms

asked 2010-10-16T15:59:48.367

Questions tagged programming-languages