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Are there any programming languages that follow a minimalist development approach?
I find it that when languages are considered the same as commercial software, there is always a constant need to add new features to justify new releases.
Can there be or are there languages where ...
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Is it common to prototype in a higher level language?
I'm currently toying with the idea of embarking on a project that far exceeds my current programming ability in a language I have very little real world experience in (C). Would it be valuable to ...
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What is considered third party code?
Inspired by this question Using third-party libraries - always use a wrapper?
I wanted to know what people actually consider as third-party libraries.
Example from PHP:
If I'm building an application ...
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Single responsibility principle - am I overusing it?
For reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_responsibility_principle
I have a test scenario where in one module of application is responsible for creating ledger entries. There are three ...
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Advantages and disadvantages of structuring all code via classes and compiling to classes (like Java)
Edit: my language allows for multiple inheritance, unlike Java.
I've started designing and developing my own programming language for educational, recreational, and potentially useful purposes.
At ...
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Past If statements Arrays, loops… Now what?
I gave up on programming a little over a year ago when I kept hitting this wall. I am revisiting the subject because I want to create basic Android application. But I feel that my limited knowledge ...
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Designing the perfect range literal
I've been thinking on how I would go about designing the "perfect" range literal if I were to do design a language. For you that don't know know a range literal in a statement that represents a range ...
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How are Programming Languages Designed?
After doing a bit of programming, I've become quite curious on language design itself. I'm still a novice (I've been doing it for about a year), so the majority of my code pertains to only two fields ...
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When would you use multiple languages in one project?
When would you consider incorporating another language into your project? Some domains are inherently multi-language ( Database interaction, interactive web client side development), but others could ...
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When Interfacing with a 3rd Party API, What Can Make Things Challenging?
Reuse of components in development of software program are always exposed through the API's.
Most of the products in today's world (such a facebook, google, .Net, JDK, ...) provide API's to reuse ...
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Agile development : How to design your code for an iteration / Sprint?
In Agile development you work on small user stories and produce a working iteration.
But what happens when the next user story comes in and affects the design for the already done iteration?
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When you won't need a language anymore, should you still use it? [closed]
My first main language was Java. However, over the years I've dropped Java in favor for Python, JavaScript, bash, etc. I still have advanced reading knowledge of Java, but since I haven't coded in ...
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How is it possible to write the compiler of a programming language with that language itself [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How could the first C++ compiler be written in C++?
You probably heard that Microsoft released a new language called TypeScript which is a the typed superset of ...
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Should I mix python and .NET?
So I have a good handle on how to rapidly develop a GUI controlled application in .NET (not so much in Python, I've only used Tkinter). I want my code to be easily deployed with very few ...
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Form Follows Function in Programming?
Does the saying, "form follows function" hold true in programming or language-design? Why or why not?
