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What's the difference between syntax and semantics?
I've always thought that referring to the syntax of a language was the same as referring to the semantics of a language. But I've been informed that apparently that's not the case. What's the ...
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Which useful alternative control structures do you know? [closed]
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Sometimes when we're programming, we find that some particular control structure would be very useful to us, but is not directly available in our programming ...
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Which programming languages doesn't use operator precedence besides Lisp like languages?
And what do you think about operator precedences? Would be harder programming in language where the operations are executed in sequential order?
Ex.:
2 + 3 * 4 == 20
2 + (3 * 4) == 24
Ok, Lisp ...
