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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
11
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3
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Static Variable initialisation for Classes in C++, why include data type?

c++ variables syntax static
asked 2013-07-17T07:46:08.777
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votes
4
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What does "-ne" mean in bash?

bash shell syntax
asked 2013-07-17T01:14:47.097
8
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3
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What is the difference between syntax error and runtime error?

python dynamic syntax runtime
asked 2013-06-23T15:39:57.363
104
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5
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How do I select an element that has a certain class?

html css syntax css-selectors
asked 2013-06-05T18:05:33.097
20
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1
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Is there any page with complete *.pro file syntax?

qt syntax project
asked 2013-05-26T18:06:52.420
16
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4
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No semicolon before [] is causing error in JavaScript

javascript arrays syntax automatic-semicolon-insertion
asked 2013-05-21T07:53:32.853
29
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4
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How to syntax check PostgreSQL config files?

postgresql syntax configuration-files
asked 2013-05-02T08:15:42.807
8
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1
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How to implement two structs that can access each other?

c++ syntax struct dependencies forward-declaration
asked 2013-04-25T09:00:56.040
111
votes
6
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Writing try catch finally in shell

shell syntax try-catch finally
asked 2013-03-27T10:21:43.313
14
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3
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Uses for the strange-looking explicit type argument declaration syntax in Java

java generics syntax types
asked 2013-03-26T04:47:11.043
71
votes
5
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Use of commas versus semicolons?

javascript syntax comma-operator
asked 2013-03-18T19:57:07.250
9
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2
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What difference does "var" have on field declarations?

delphi syntax
asked 2013-03-04T23:21:24.273
8
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2
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Difference between various ways of instantiating a delegate (Func<T, T>)?

c# syntax delegates anonymous-function func
asked 2013-02-23T15:07:08.517
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4
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What does to_proc method mean in Ruby?

ruby syntax block symbols proc
asked 2013-02-14T17:58:42.550
19
votes
4
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Breaking a line of python to multiple lines?

python syntax
asked 2013-01-19T18:44:45.993
284
votes
5
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What does "->" or "=>" mean in PHP?

php syntax
asked 2012-12-26T07:18:35.313
34
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3
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How to create an List of int arrays?

c# .net syntax
asked 2012-12-14T20:55:17.043
18
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3
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Create array with empty string using %w[]

ruby syntax
asked 2012-10-19T18:03:30.793
13
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4
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Avoid Switch statement redundancy when multiple Cases do the same thing?

java syntax switch-statement
asked 2012-10-19T00:30:04.380
12
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1
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Comparison of Python and R vocabularies

python r syntax programming-languages
asked 2012-10-14T04:52:43.380
17
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3
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Defining a string over multiple lines

c syntax
asked 2012-10-02T17:01:15.063
8
votes
2
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How to use double brackets in a regular expression?

ruby regex syntax brackets
asked 2012-09-05T06:02:04.993
8
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1
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Haskell Data.List.Class and syntax

haskell syntax typeclass
asked 2012-08-02T03:39:29.663
20
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3
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Bash array: Unexpected Syntax error

arrays bash shell syntax
asked 2012-06-14T03:17:54.460
16
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4
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Differences between Jython and Python

python syntax jython
asked 2012-06-12T00:18:41.733
9
votes
4
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highlight syntax in pre tags with highlight.js

javascript syntax highlight
asked 2012-06-07T17:32:25.293
8
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3
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How to add extra key-value pairs to a dict() constructed with a generator argument?

python syntax
asked 2012-04-30T21:35:05.790
8
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1
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What is an Objective-C "class continuation"?

objective-c class variables syntax automatic-ref-counting
asked 2012-04-24T16:03:23.660
34
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3
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Why is equals "-eq" in PowerShell and not just "="?

powershell syntax
asked 2012-04-23T23:59:53.083
12
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1
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what does it mean assign "_" to a field in scala?

scala syntax
asked 2012-04-06T08:15:24.690
33
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4
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R syntax for selecting all but two first rows

r syntax row
asked 2012-04-03T17:52:02.263
27
votes
5
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Semicolon after Function

c++ syntax
asked 2012-04-03T16:56:57.423
11
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2
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How to access object property when property name contains - (hyphen)

php oop syntax
asked 2012-04-02T11:35:04.467
19
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3
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Iterate through multiple collections in the same "for" loop?

java syntax for-loop iterator
asked 2012-03-30T19:04:27.130
70
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11
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Update Query with INNER JOIN between tables in 2 different databases on 1 server

sql-server database syntax inner-join
asked 2012-03-27T17:12:13.907
22
votes
5
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What is this syntax using new followed by a list inside braces?

c# syntax
asked 2012-02-24T18:45:56.260
18
votes
5
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Why can't I access a property of an integer with a single dot?

javascript syntax
asked 2012-02-21T15:20:12.287
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8
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Why can an Object member variable not be both final and volatile in Java?

java multithreading syntax
asked 2012-02-17T12:32:49.683
14
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1
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What is angle brackets for argument values, and what is it used for?

c++ templates syntax
asked 2012-02-08T22:02:16.000
29
votes
4
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String... parameter in Java

java syntax arguments
asked 2012-01-28T21:22:40.157
57
votes
4
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What is the difference between != and =! in Java?

java syntax
asked 2012-01-11T20:04:10.827
32
votes
2
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Example of an Oracle PIVOT clause with subquery

sql oracle-database syntax subquery pivot
asked 2012-01-06T15:11:58.270
252
votes
3
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What do you call the -> operator in Ruby?

ruby syntax
asked 2011-12-12T15:26:09.363
11
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3
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jQuery .css() function with variables and multiple values

javascript jquery css syntax
asked 2011-12-11T04:51:53.963
48
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2
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Javascript array declaration: new Array(), new Array(3), ['a', 'b', 'c'] create arrays that behave differently

javascript arrays syntax
asked 2011-11-23T17:19:49.020
125
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3
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What does param: _* mean in Scala?

scala syntax scala-collections
asked 2011-10-29T11:22:35.363
9
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3
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What’s the purpose of an exclamation mark at the start of a block comment? (That is, "/*! … */")

objective-c xcode syntax comments
asked 2011-10-10T15:33:07.940
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3
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What is easier to read in EXISTS subqueries?

sql syntax exists
asked 2011-10-10T08:24:35.690
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11
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How to concatenate strings in twig

syntax twig string-concatenation templating
asked 2011-10-09T14:37:53.667
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