I'm trying to get a better understanding of the difference. I've found a lot of explanations online, but they tend towards the abstract differences rather than the practical implications. Most of my programming experiences has been with CPython (dynamic, interpreted), and Java (static, compiled). However, I understand that there are oth...
I have read a few articles on Internet about programming language choice in the enterprise. Recently many dynamic typed languages have been popular, i.e. Ruby, Python, PHP and Erlang. But many enterprises still stay with static typed languages like C, C++, C# and Java. And yes, one of the benefits of static typed languages is that progr...
Every time I write trivial getters (get functions that just return the value of the member) I wonder why don't oop languages simply have a 'read only' access modifier that would allow reading the value of the members of the object but does not allow you to set them just like const things in c++. The private,protected,public access modif...
Hi fellow stackies. I am a long time OO programmer and a functional programming newbie. From my little exposure algebraic data types only look like a special case of inheritance to me where you only have one level hierarchy and the super class cannot be extended outside the module. So my (potentially dumb) question is: If ADTs are jus...
All, This might be a very silly question, but in a Programming lang X where the int range is -127 to +128, does this value refer to the actual value -127 and +128 ? ...
It occurred to me today that although I've adopted and don't infrequently use the term "semantics" when referring to language elements and naming conventions, I don't have any sense of a formal definition. My attempt to find a formal definition in the programming domain made my eyes glaze over. I have a sense of its meaning from the co...
What does C++ add to C? What features of the language are the Clang/LLVM projects, the parts of GCC that are being written in C++, chromium, and any others all taking advantage of? What features are they avoiding? ...
Question: Is there a repository, a wiki, of code samples? I'm trying to learn a couple new languages, and I just wish that there was a library of code samples of the same code in different languages. I can't seem to find anything like this, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a site like that. Something that has code samples doing v...
Is AutoIt a programming language? What's the difference between a programming language and a scripting language. AutoIt seems quite complex. There are a lot of things you can do in it. The code can even be compiled into an .exe file. So I don't understand why it wouldn't be considered a programming language. ...
I've looked around some of the asked questions and I noticed many questions dealing with THE best web application language. I'm curious into looking into a combination of web application languages, possibly some that would compliment each other well. At the moment my list of possible web app languages at the moment are: PHP Ruby on Rai...
Look, for example at AppleScript (and there are plenty of others, some admittedly quite good) which advertise their use of the natural language metaphor. Code is apparently more readable because it can be/is intended to be constructed in English-like sentences, says they. I'm sure there are people who would like nothing better than to pr...
As the title says, I'm interested in new programming languages and technologies (for example languages/technologies in beta testing) that you think are worth learning and can benefit in the near future. As this one can be rather subjective please be specific when answering, try to provide reasons as to why this and/or that. The question ...
As a web programmer do I need to learn any more languages to enhance my career? I work in a .NET environment and am good at C#, but have zero skill in VB. For client side scripting I use javascript, jQuery and PrototypeJS. Should I learn any more languages or do you think that what I know is enough for web programming? ...
Hi, What is the difference between , it can help a lot in interviews and general understanding. Framerwork Library IDE API Taimur ...
I need a short description of how "delegation" works in programming, preferably in one sentence. Even better to use analogies ...
The graph is arguably the most versatile and valuable data structure of all. I can store single variables, lists, hashes etc., and of course graphs, with it. Given this, are there any languages that offer inline / native graph support and syntax? I can create variables, arrays, lists and hashes inline in Ruby, Python and Javascript, but...
I was wondering, is there any programming language where you can have function calls like this: function_name(parameter1)function_name_continued(parameter2); or function_name(param1)function_continued(param2)...function_continued(paramN); For example you could have this fu...
I wants to know about the services provided by the .NET framework, JEE framework and Spring framework.i searched on the internet but couldn't find any article plz help!!! ...
So I guess most (all?) programmers start out learning a mainly imperative/ procedural programming paradigm, and probably learnt some form of object-oriented programming fairly shortly after that. I've read plenty of questions on stackoverflow suggesting functional programming is increasingly important for improved concurrency/ parallelis...
So - as I see it, there are really two kinds of developers. Those that do frameworks, web services, pretty-making front ends, etc etc. Then there are developers that write the algorithms that solve the problem. That is, unless the problem is "display this raw data in some meaningful way." In that case, the framework/web developer guy mig...