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What are the drawbacks of using indentation for code blocks?

answered May 16, 2023 at 17:55

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Should my language distinguish between single- and double-quoted literals?

answered May 17, 2023 at 15:30

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What are the pros and cons of having do ... while loops?

answered May 16, 2023 at 18:53

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What are different ways of handling runtime errors?

answered May 16, 2023 at 17:33

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What are the advantages of providing an until loop construct?

answered May 19, 2023 at 19:35

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What are the disadvantages of not handling big numbers?

answered May 16, 2023 at 20:01

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What is the difference between specification and a reference for programming languages?

answered Jan 30, 2024 at 12:57

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What are common options for lambda function syntax?

answered May 18, 2023 at 17:20

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What are the pros and cons of an Option type in comparison to nullable types?

answered May 17, 2023 at 15:42

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Alternate syntax so I can have both a safe navigation and a monad unwrapping operator?

answered May 17, 2023 at 15:49

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How do linear types interact with features that may change the normal control flow?

answered May 18, 2023 at 12:30

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What are the syntax options for implementing decorators?

answered May 19, 2023 at 18:13

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What are the drawbacks of using indentation for code blocks?

Should my language distinguish between single- and double-quoted literals?

What are the pros and cons of having do ... while loops?

What are different ways of handling runtime errors?

What are the advantages of providing an until loop construct?

What are the disadvantages of not handling big numbers?

What is the difference between specification and a reference for programming languages?

What are common options for lambda function syntax?

What are the pros and cons of an Option type in comparison to nullable types?

Alternate syntax so I can have both a safe navigation and a monad unwrapping operator?

How do linear types interact with features that may change the normal control flow?

What are the syntax options for implementing decorators?