For my programming languages course, I'm trying to write some code snippets in languages that use pass by name or pass by value-result, preferably by default, but any language that even supports either of those would be fine. However, I haven't been able to find a single language that supports either of them. Does anyone know of a langua...
Do you guys have any tips or advice on learning different languages and technologies at the same time? ...
I'm really interested if someone knows a programming language that uses an image like Smalltalk... I think that is one of the greatest ides in the history of computer science.. I can not find other language besides Smalltalk that is base on an image. ...
I'm taking Fortran 90 class, and I'm looking for any good websites about Fortran. Does anyone know any? ...
At college, I gave the programming language course and the compilers course a miss. I have regretted that decision since. (especially after reading this blog post by steve yegge). Im considering going through - Essentials of Programming Languages. what other books/projects could help me understand what's really going on 'under the hood'...
What makes Scala such a wonderful language, other than the type system? Almost everything I read about the language brings out 'strong typing' as a big reason to use Scala, but there has to be more than that. What are some of the other compelling and/or cool language features that make Scala a really useful tool? ...
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I'm about to jump into Java development again after a number of years. The language revision I worked with was 1.4.2. I know there have been significant changes to the language since then, and I'm looking for a site or a book that covers these in some detail. At the very least, I'm looking for a resource that indicates which language fea...
I can't find it now, but I found a question here the other day showing the distribution of ages when you all started programming. As I remember, the main range was 8 to 20, with 13 or 14 being about average. I'm 24, and I've just started (well, 4 months ago) learning C++ as my first language. I feel like I've found my vocation - I've be...
So the idea behind an array and a function are very similar from a black-box perspective. You pass in the input value(s) and retrieve the output value. So is it better to keep array syntax and function syntax the same or is it better to have differences? e.g. print array[0] print func(0) versus print array(0) print f...
I currently have three independent projects on my plate - each requiring development in a different language. There's a WCF Web Services / Windows Forms project in C# .Net 3.5, a web site in PHP with generous javascript, and maintenance on a legacy Windows application written in VB 6. Because I'm switching so often, I frequently start ...
I don't think such support exists in current languages. I think what I want to do could be solved by a "workflow engine". But the problem I have with workflow's is generally they are: Declarative/verbose and I find a imperative style much more succinct Heavyweight, I'll have a lot of simple though diverse little state machines I've i...
Just two years ago, Java and C++ were my only languages. Today, I'm familiar with a lot more, including PHP, Python, C, the Java Enterprise libraries, and I'm starting to learn C# (both for desktop and web applications). Before, it was easy to choose a language to use, but now, it's a lot harder. What kinds of things are important when ...
I've had a very odd learning experience in programming. I was sort of taught C++, but I didn't get a lot out of it. Here's what I did get out of it: headers and variable declaration. And I tried to teach myself PHP, in which I learned a lot of. The problem is, a lot of my knowledge is widespread, random, and designed for specific situati...
As per amazon reviews the book, Programming Language Pragmatics,by Michael L. Scott serves as a very good introductory book for Programming language and compiler design. Did any of you guys read this book and found really helpful? I am planning to learn compiler design, once I am comfortable with this book, can I buy this one ...
Since its possibly one of the most widely used methods of the Java language, why does it have to accept an array of Strings and doesn't work without it? For example, I could always live with: public static void main() {} over public static void main(String[] args) {} Is there a higher purpose to this than just being able to accept ...
I have always wondered: what programming languages were used to go to the moon? I realize there may not be a single answer/language, but it interests me. How many people worked on the code for these systems? How was it tested? Thank you, Edit: Or did we even go to the moon????? Kidding. Question still stands. ...
I'm implementing a programming language and I'm considering the following syntax: @NamespaceX { +@ClassY <> : BaseTypeA { +@NestedClassW<> { } +@MethodZ() : ReturnTypeC { //".?" is a null-coallescing member access operator @varD : ClassY = predicateP ? objectQ.?PropertyS ...
In JavaScript, it doesn't seem to matter whether you use single quotes or double quotes when writing strings. However, some programming languages treat them differently. Is one more reliable than the other across multiple programming languages? Are there any pros or cons using one rather than the other (apart from when apostrophes or qu...
I am new to programming. I'm studying Computer Science, and programming is probably going to be a career I'm going to pursue. Next semester we're going to have a large project where we are going to program Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications and we're allowed to pick our own language and platform. I have to say that I'm not so h...