Are programming languages pretty much “stable” for now? [closed]
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Is it a good practice to create a list of definitions for all symbols and words in a programming language? [closed]
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Why isn’t functional language syntax more close to human language?
I’m interested in functional programming and decided to get head to head with Haskell. My head hurts… but I’ll eventually get it…
I have one curiosity though, why is the syntax so cryptic (in lack of another word)?
Why should one use a single-use temporary variable?
Let’s say we have a class called ‘Automobile’ and we have an instance of that class called ‘myCar’. I would like to ask why do we need to put the values that our methods return in a variable? Why don’t we just call the method?
Difference between a REPL and interactive shell
Noob question. I am not quite able to tell the difference between a REPL and an interactive shell just by reading the definitions on Wikipedia.
What are the differences between Special Edition and the Third Edition of Stroustrup’s The C++ Programming Language? [closed]
Closed 9 years ago.
Something similar to Objective-C categories in other languages?
I understand Objective-C categories and how they become useful, but I always have a hard time explaining the concept to other programmers that are not familiar with Objective C.
Why are some data types Deprecated while others Obsolete? [closed]
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Long lines of text in source code [duplicate]
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Why learn more programming languages? [duplicate]
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