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Questions tagged [language-design]
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If you are forced to simplify C# looping keywords, choose only one you want to preserve
If you are forced to simplify C# keywords that can be used for looping, choose only one you want to preserve.
for
do-while
while
goto-label-if
foreach
Is there any performance consideration regarding your decision?
Actually I don't know the…
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What are the highest level languages that can be compiled?
What are the highest level languages that can be compiled to executables? When I say compiled to an executable I am not referring to bytecode, but native assembly code like in the C, C++ sense.
EDIT: One issue that I'm having is that clients have…
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Why ValueType is an abstract class
System.Object--> System.ValueType-->
System.Enum,
System.Int16,
System.Int32,
System.Int64...
The ValueType is an abstract class ValueType, but why Int16,Int32,Int64 were made struct ?
Also another question is that why…
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Dynamic binding in interpreted languages vs compiled languages
So currently reading about binding... Based on the examples I can think of along with examples found on the web, it appears that dynamic binding tends to occur predominantly in interpreted languages as opposed to occurring in compiled languages.…
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Why don't any and all take multiple parameters like min and max?
The functions min and max are very flexible; they can take any number of parameters, or a single parameter that is an iterable. any and all are similar in taking an iterable of any size, but they do not take more than one parameter. Is there a…
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If you are a language designer, how would you make ignoring parameters more succint for lambdas?
Based on this, how would you make ignoring parameters more succint?
var m = menuStrip.Items.Add("Hello", null, delegate { MessageBox.Show("Como Esta Mundo"); });
I'm thinking along the lines of:
var m = menuStrip.Items.Add("Hello", null, ==>…
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Type id to the left or right of var id?
What is the reasoning behind the two common variable declaration syntax that many popular languages use, such as:
int foo = 0;
and
foo:int = 0;
One problem I have with the second option, is that it almost looks like you are doing, "int =…
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Why is the null conditional operator not allowed for property assignment?
I just noticed that property assignment is not allowed in combination with the null conditional operator.
With methods is it not a problem at all though.
I always thought that properties are just syntactic sugar for setter…
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Implementing a dynamic typed language with LLVM IR
I'm trying to build a JIT compiler for a dynamic language using LLVM C API but I'm stuck at implementing dynamic types, for example in function definition, LLVM needs types for each argument but the type is unknown until runtime based on what the…
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Why were Logical Operators created?
Almost all programming languages are having the concept of logical operator
I am having a query why logical operators were created. I googled and found its created for condition based operation, but that's a kind of usage i think.
I am interested…
Ashwini Kumar
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What Functions Are Required For a Coding Language
I am currently designing and writing a custom coding language in Python 2.7 and as I am implementing more and more functions, I keep realising that I have more functions to implement.
I am currently wondering two things.
The first is what is the…
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Why are C I/O functions inconsistent among themselves?
Consistency is fundamental property in a code base, let alone in a programming language that eventually turned out to be the most used in the world.
There are two families of I/O functions in C: formatted and unformatted. These are:
int fprintf(FILE…
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Would it be useful to change java to support both static and dynamic types?
What if a Java allow both static and dynamic types. That might allow the best of both worlds. i.e.:
String str = "Hello";
var temp = str;
temp = 10;
temp = temp * 5;
Would that be possible?
Would that be beneficial?
Do any languages currently…
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Developing a new programming language
I have an idea for a programming language but so far I don't understand how it's done. I've been through a series "you would use Java or C++" and then there is assembly something and all and then I'm told I need to write a lexer or something but I…
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Is the keyword END a noun or a verb?
Quite a few programming languages use the keyword END to mark the end of a structured statement or the end of a procedure declaration etc. Is this word to be read as a noun or as a verb (in imperative)? In some human languages other than English the…
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