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Artificial languages for instructing computers to do steps of computation in order to complete tasks. They allow programmers to communicate with computers.
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Why are cons lists associated with functional programming?
I have noticed that most functional languages employ a singly-linked list (a "cons" list) as their most fundamental list types. Examples include CLisp, Haskell and F#. This is different to mainstream ...
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I've starting learning JAVA, should I continue with it and what languages are similar? [closed]
I started to teach myself Java recently. I was pretty quick at understanding what the basic functions are (like if and the while(true) and other things) and how they are used. I'm wondering if it will ...
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Programming a chatterbot - understanding language
I hope this is an answerable question. Let me give it some context:
I am a psychology student and a programmer. I'm going to look into creating a artificial intelligence in the form of a chatterbot. ...
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Career wise, is it better to be an expert in one programming language, or to be competent in many? [closed]
In the context of web development, are you more likely to get hired/an interview if you know one language really well and have greater depth with that language, or if you know several languages?
I ...
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Language choice for converting application [closed]
I have a medium sized system written in Cobol which I want to convert to a more 'modern' language. The system has a lot of basic windows and calculations against data files.
The programs will only ...
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Which language & framework to learn? [closed]
My buddy is a BSc of Mathematics and decided to learn programming since jobs are scarce nowadays in the math fields.
He's very bright and having studied physics myself I think this is not an ...
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What is programming? [closed]
I want to know what programming actually is. what thing refer to programming or what programming actually is.
give me a answer in following context.
programmer A is better then B. in a what they ...
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Identical program in different languages [closed]
Say, I make a program that has a the .NET browser control in it + a textbox for the URL.
I make it in C#, and I make an identical program in C++.
Will there be any differences? I believe it will ...
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Is there a personalizable programming language you can use to convert to others?
Is there a programming language in which you can set your own syntax configurations and it would convert the code to a language you choose?
For instance, you would choose specific configurations like ...
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What is the reason behind the if syntax of CoffeeScript?
In most other languages the condition comes before the statement to be executed when the condition is met. However, in CoffeeScript (and maybe some other languages) the syntax is:
number = -42 if ...
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Research on software defects
There is a chapter in "Making Software: What really works and why we believe it" By Andy Oram and Greg Wilson about software defects, and what metrics can be used to predict them.
To summarize (from ...
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What programming language to choose for this XML and data processing task?
I currently code in PHP. Recently I've been working on a project using PHP and Symfony that:
reads large XML files (lots of DOM parsing/reading),
converts large XML files to large arrays,
merges 2 ...
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Programming Languages to Learn with PHP [closed]
I have done C, C++, html, some CSS and now doing PHP. I am also doing my Systems Engineering course. I am a bit confused about the combination of languages to learn next.
Here is a list I created ...
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What would you suggest for a good final year project? [closed]
I'm starting my final year project, and I'm not either beginner or a professional but a moderate in Java . so what is the best final year project that I can do and also help in future as well. I want ...
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Books for C/C++ [closed]
I need to know the best two books each for C and C++ where:
The first book covers the language itself in extreme depth.
The second one covers the advanced programming skills in the language.
I'll ...
