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Why would a language allow zero-size structs?
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Alternatives to ANTLR 3 for LL(1) Grammar verification
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What to do with productions that have multiple LHS?
Awarded Mar 5 at 20:17
Rationale for requiring struct prefix in C
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Why did C99 have to add the underscored keywords for _Bool _Complex _Imaginary but not for inline or restrict?
Awarded Feb 7 at 17:53
Why did C99 have to add the underscored keywords for _Bool _Complex _Imaginary but not for inline or restrict?
Awarded Feb 6 at 4:06
Strings and arrays in Project Valhalla
Awarded Jan 18 at 15:51
Why do many programming languages use the symbol of two vertical parallel lines `||` to mean "or"?
Awarded Jan 11 at 18:45
In HTML5, why does the `<source>` tag use the `src` attribute in `<video>` and `<audio>` elements, but it uses the `srcset` in a `<picture>` element?
Awarded Jan 7 at 14:54
How to compile Discriminated Union types to Webassembly?
Awarded Dec 31, 2024 at 16:48
What's the rationale behind switch/yield in Java?
Awarded Dec 27, 2024 at 14:21
What are the ways to define optionally binary / ternary operators with shared keywords (e.g. for ... else) without unintended ambiguities?
Awarded Dec 26, 2024 at 19:35
Should a language have both null and undefined values?
Awarded Dec 26, 2024 at 5:54
Is there any particular reason to only implement 2 and 3 input hypot?
Awarded Dec 25, 2024 at 22:42
Should a language have both null and undefined values?
Awarded Dec 25, 2024 at 10:11
Why no "full-stack" SQL-like language?
Awarded Dec 18, 2024 at 18:18
Why no "full-stack" SQL-like language?
Awarded Dec 16, 2024 at 19:53
How might I implement a `typeid` operator (returning the type of its argument as something, presumably as a string) in my compiler?
Awarded Dec 15, 2024 at 6:15
What are the ways to define optionally binary / ternary operators with shared keywords (e.g. for ... else) without unintended ambiguities?
Awarded Dec 8, 2024 at 23:47
What are some options for adding a sound equality operator (or avoiding it) in a type system with subtyping?
Awarded Nov 6, 2024 at 23:21
What design choices inform whether a whole-program optimizing compiler is possible?
Awarded Nov 6, 2024 at 20:01
How to design a programming language that can simplify/optimize algorithms?
Awarded Oct 28, 2024 at 16:41
What are some options for adding a sound equality operator (or avoiding it) in a type system with subtyping?
Awarded Oct 24, 2024 at 6:53
What are some options for adding a sound equality operator (or avoiding it) in a type system with subtyping?
Awarded Oct 23, 2024 at 15:23
How are existential types different from Rust's traits?
Awarded Oct 23, 2024 at 2:35
What are some options for adding a sound equality operator (or avoiding it) in a type system with subtyping?
Awarded Oct 22, 2024 at 22:20
Are there any benefits to an Option type in a dynamically-typed language?
Awarded Oct 17, 2024 at 0:32
Rationale for requiring struct prefix in C
Awarded Oct 15, 2024 at 8:18
Why do "modern" languages not provide argv and exit code in main?
Awarded Sep 9, 2024 at 20:33
Why do "modern" languages not provide argv and exit code in main?
Awarded Sep 9, 2024 at 18:46
Why do most languages use the same token for `EndIf`, `EndWhile`, `EndFunction` and `EndStructure`?
Awarded Sep 9, 2024 at 18:34
Prior art for concatenative array language?
Awarded Sep 8, 2024 at 9:02
How is clang able to evaluate loops without getting stuck in an infinite loop?
Awarded Aug 7, 2024 at 10:15
Does the C# type of generics need compiling to multiple instances of target code?
Awarded Aug 6, 2024 at 21:53
How do typing rules look if most types are user-defined?
Awarded Aug 6, 2024 at 18:41
How is clang able to evaluate loops without getting stuck in an infinite loop?
Awarded Aug 6, 2024 at 15:50
What was the rationale for making realloc(ptr, 0) have UB in C23
Awarded Jul 28, 2024 at 16:32
Why would a language allow zero-size structs?
Awarded Jul 26, 2024 at 1:05
Why did std::set not have a contains function until C++20?
Awarded Jul 20, 2024 at 2:15
Can total (primitive) corecursion be implemented?
Awarded Jul 13, 2024 at 16:14
Why don't languages do automatic pimpl?
Awarded Jul 8, 2024 at 18:11
Exception handling: is one exception type sufficient?
Awarded Jun 30, 2024 at 12:10
Semantics of Haskell's `seq`
Awarded Jun 25, 2024 at 0:55
How do languages where multiple files make up a module handle combining them into one translation/compilation unit?
Awarded Jun 21, 2024 at 22:15
How do languages where multiple files make up a module handle combining them into one translation/compilation unit?
Awarded Jun 21, 2024 at 17:02
How can an object-oriented language support hot reloading of classes?
Awarded Jun 19, 2024 at 14:46
How can an object-oriented language support hot reloading of classes?
Awarded Jun 18, 2024 at 2:45
How can I check if a new language is Turing-complete?
Awarded Jun 13, 2024 at 0:45
Executable files with a bytecode compiler/interpreter
Awarded Jun 12, 2024 at 16:10
The static keyword and clarity in language design
Awarded May 22, 2024 at 22:19
The static keyword and clarity in language design
Awarded May 22, 2024 at 17:57
Why don't languages do automatic pimpl?
Awarded May 19, 2024 at 18:37
What programming languages contain a built-in imaginary data type?
Awarded May 1, 2024 at 17:31
What are the downsides of supporting chained comparison operators?
Awarded May 1, 2024 at 10:17
Are there any languages where conditions are not first-class expressions?
Awarded Apr 30, 2024 at 23:11
How are "strong" and "weak" typing defined?
Awarded Apr 29, 2024 at 20:47
How are "strong" and "weak" typing defined?
Awarded Apr 29, 2024 at 18:19
How is Rosetta 2 capable of translating x87 instructions (which are stack-based) to ARM machine code (where the FPU is register-based)?
Awarded Apr 29, 2024 at 6:49
Are there any languages where conditions are not first-class expressions?
Awarded Apr 27, 2024 at 16:15
Are there any languages where conditions are not first-class expressions?
Awarded Apr 26, 2024 at 11:32
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