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30 votes
9 answers
2k views

What are the upsides of using explicit line-ending characters (like semicolons) as opposed to newlines?

17 votes
15 answers
2k views

What are the syntax options for implementing a ternary "if" operator?

17 votes
6 answers
10k views

Does Python's semicolon statement ending feature have any unique use?

14 votes
5 answers
938 views

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

13 votes
7 answers
4k views

Are there any situations in which it would make sense to return a never type?

12 votes
3 answers
2k views

Why does Rust have an infinite loop construct?

12 votes
5 answers
311 views

What rules can be used to infer statement endings for a language where they are implicit?

11 votes
14 answers
705 views

What are common options for lambda function syntax?

10 votes
1 answer
181 views

What are good specifications for naming packages/modules in a language?

7 votes
1 answer
216 views

What are the advantages and disadvantages of package declarations?

7 votes
1 answer
111 views

Should functions like filter and map be members of a class or top-level functions?

7 votes
2 answers
365 views

Must async functions always be marked as such?

7 votes
1 answer
854 views

What, if any, runtime cost is incurred by using 64-bit ints on 32-bit platforms in LLVM?

3 votes
14 answers
2k views

What are common options for comment syntax?

2 votes
3 answers
434 views

How should a language with period-based tuple indexing be parsed?

-1 votes
3 answers
224 views

Should a REPL show null values as null? [closed]