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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What languages are best for beginning programmers? [on hold]
I have always been interested in Computer Science but I really don't know where to start with learning any languages or even where to find good books or tutorials on how to use said languages in ...
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How To Be a Programmer and Tell path to be a programmer and What thing begineer should keep in mind? [on hold]
Tell the path and give some tips to be a programmer.
What things should be in a mind for beginner to be a programmer?
This is also useful article I have seen : http://norvig.com/21-days.html
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What are the different kinds of programming? [on hold]
I have been very curious about this for the last few days:
I'd like to know what are, generally speaking, the different "fields" in the programming world. For instance, drivers programming, OS ...
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What rationale is used when programming language designers decide what sign the result of modulo operation takes?
Going through Modulo operation (the avenue I entered while exploring the difference between rem and mod) I came across:
In mathematics the result of the modulo operation is the remainder of the ...
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Which field to choose [on hold]
I'm about to complete my degree in computer science and I have to select the field that I'm going to specialize in, but I can not come to a final decision which field is better to choose. I'm ...
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Execute C code using Notepad++ Editor [closed]
I would like to know how to execute C code using Notepad++ Editor?
I want to use Notepad++. I know I have many editors to execute C code , but it is mandatory in my class.
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What language is used to write Android applications? [closed]
What language is used to write Android applications?
I know that mostly applications have to be written in Java but is there any other option? I have nothing against Java I just need to know is ...
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Why, specifically, has Fortran received criticism from established computer scientists? [closed]
Fortran is widely used in science and numerical computing, but it appears that among computer scientists and professional programmers, there is significant criticism of the language. To select an ...
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Are there any ultra high level languages out there? [closed]
Historically a HLL is something like C, Fortran or Pascal and a VHLL is something like Ruby or Python. I am familiar with the terms 4GL, 5GL, DSL and LOP, and those who aren't should read Wikipedia ...
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Parser and interpreter knowledge as a way to gauge programmer ability [closed]
This is only anecdotal evidence but from my past encounters with programmers at various workplaces the programmers that understand the fundamentals of parsing and interpreting seem to be overall ...
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Open ended questions not suited to this site? [migrated]
I understand that programming questions asked here are supposed to be constrained and answerable and should not result in a more open-ended discussion. However, I do have sometimes have programming ...
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Is good Grammar a prerequisite for your development team?
I understand that this may be primarily opinion based, but I also think it is an interesting question and would like to hear others' viewpoints on the subject.
I recently became the senior developer ...
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Syntactic Sugar for old languages
I first learned about the existence of syntactic sugar languages, like CoffeeScript and SASS while working in Rails. This got me thinking... why do we not have well-known (if any at all) syntactic ...
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remove part of a string and show it on the map [migrated]
so lets say that i got this string: school_name = 'hello you world';
when I show this on the google map, it works.
var marker2 = new google.maps.Marker({
title: school_name,
icon: ...
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Optimizing mindmaps by finding the least amount of redundancy
When using mindmaps, you order them based on how you think it fits best.
So for instance (tab means subtree)
requirements
dinner
food
forks
spoons
breakfast
food
forks
this ...
