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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Kerio connect status.fld and index.fld creation
We have Kerio Connect 8.4.1 Server with daily archive folders in format 2014-Apr-01, 2014-Apr-02 etc
We wrote script for file unification from all folders 2014-Apr-* to 2014-Apr.
Now we need to ...
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why are the evaluation strategies call-by-value etc. only discussed in the context of function calling?
I am referring to various discussions on the differences and nuances in the semantics of pass-by-value, pass-by-reference, e.g. in SO or in the Wikipedia article on the subject.
My question is why do ...
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Getting started writing windows apps! [on hold]
I would like to learn to write simple windows applications to do things like step our guys through the multiple forms they have to fill out every day. I also want to enhance my limited Excel Macro ...
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Should naming conventions be consistent or not across multiple programming languages in one project? [duplicate]
I saw this question on SO: here; the question is kind of old and not many viewed, so I want to ask it again.
I currently work on a project using C++, C# and Actionscript-3, the conventions of C++ and ...
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Better using C than C++? [on hold]
I am a student learning Software Engineering. And my favourite language is C.
So for my project software which language should I use, C or C++.
Is it true that using C++ increases the space, time ...
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Why microsoft , Doing this? [on hold]
I want to create a chat application (summer project )targeting windows platform.
But what i see is that Learning POSIX c libraries is much more easier than win32 libraries.
For instance ,WinSock2.h ...
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Help with printf function [on hold]
I have a sensor which counts how many items have passed it. Every time an object passes over it I need to increment a counter on the screen. Using the Printf function I have a comment "Number of ...
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How to get get weekly returns from daily data [on hold]
Good day
I would like to get weekly returns data from daily data , I want to use the Wednesday-to-Wednesday approach – the returns (rt) are computed from the Wednesday closing prices Pt , i.e., rt = ...
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Say I wanted to create a cross platform program that does not require a runtime/VM, am I stuck with C/C++? [on hold]
Let's say that I'm a theoretical programmer hunting for a cross platform programming language, what are my options. This language must satisfy this list of requirements:
It must not require the user ...
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How not to be easily tempted to jump from a programming language to another? [closed]
I just earned my Software Engineering degree and I'm feeling pretty much down.
During that past three years, I kept jumping from one language/technology to another, creating multiple side-projects ...
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Is a programming language a set of programs or a set of instructions?
From Structured Computer Organization by Tanenbum
A program is a sequence of instructions describing how to perform a
certain task.
When trying to see a programming language as a formal ...
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is it better to focus on an expertise or branch out? [closed]
I just got accepted as an assistant for programming lab class in my university.
basically, I got training on wide area of basic stuff so I can teach student who learns different things(php, ...
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What is the “opposite” of a scripting language? [closed]
In my mind, a scripting language is one you use to crate a piece of code that runs from beginning to end synchronously, and then quits (i.e. a script). When coded "correctly", they only require and ...
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Web Dev Education Broken Into Manageable Chunks [closed]
I'm fluent in PHP, have written projects using it, and have a little experience with client-side scripting (JS using a tad of jQuery).
I'd like to take the next step, and build some more advanced ...
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Is prototypal inheritance inherently slower?
I see Javascript 6 will add traditional class based inheritance, and one argument I hear is that classes are inherently much faster than prototypes because they can be optimized away by the compiler ...
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Does it matter how I format the name of a function? [closed]
Yes, I know, silly question. But this question has been bugging me for a while, and now I just want to know if it really matters.
Basically, I just want to know if it really matters if I format a ...
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What's the tradeoff for type inference?
It seems that all new programming languages or at least the ones that became popular use type inference. Even Javascript got types and type inference though various implementations (Acscript, ...
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What is the difference between Optionals and Nullable type
Swift has Optionals. C# has Nullable types.
As far as I can tell both serve same purpose, besides value of some type they store information whether variable has value or is undefined ...
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Software development - The industry & general trends / Bad practices [duplicate]
I am a Web Developer and part of a small team working on an abundance of projects. This is my first "actual" real company after graduating with a degree in computer Science and I have about 2 years ...
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Why would many duck-typed dynamic programming languages use a class-based approach instead of prototype-based OOP?
Since quite many dynamic programming languages have the feature of duck typing, and they can also open up and modify class or instance methods at anytime (like Ruby and Python), then…
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Statistics about the usage of programming paradigms [closed]
I hear very often that the object-oriented programming paradigm is the most widespread. But are there any scientific statistics about how often other programming paradigms like procedural programming ...
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Why do python generators and functions share the “def” keyword?
Consider the following:
def some_function():
return 1
def some_generator():
yield 1
In the code above, some_function is a function, while some_generator is a generator. They look quite ...
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class in OOP language and type
In programming language theory, a type is a set of values. E.g. the type "int" is the set of all integer values.
In OOP languages, a class is a type, is it?
When a class is defined with more than ...
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Which language has most advanced support for proof based programming? [closed]
By proof based programming, I mean, you can somehow prove the correctness of your program without testing.
I heard that Ada has a feature called contract, I also heard that, if you can pass Haskell's ...
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What exactly are benefits of Method Overriding in C#? [closed]
What is the advantage of method overriding since we can always create entirely new method with different name? The only advantage of overriding is you get flexibility to use the same name of method?
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Are there any programming languages that don't descend from C? [closed]
I mean descend as in languages who's original compiler/interpreter was written in C or in a language that descends from C.
If you don't count assembly, the only thing that comes to my mind is B. Are ...
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What is this Lisp dialect, used in GCC internals?
What programming language is this? It's a Lisp dialect used by GCC internals.
(define_insn "*call_symbol"
[(call (mem:DI (match_operand:DI 0 "" ""))
(match_operand 1 "" ""))
(use ...
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How much does C help you in other languages? [duplicate]
How much does learning C to moderate level help you as a programmer. For example, does being competent in C make it easier to pick up languages as time goes on and get a better understanding of them?
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Do you memorize the classes of your frameworks? [duplicate]
I've been an iOS developer for about 5 years. There are still things that NSString and NSArray do that I didn't know they could. All optional attributes and behaviors that I haven't seen, because I've ...
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How are financial organizations planning for the degradation of old programming languages such as COBOL? [closed]
I know that some financial organizations still use "dead" languages such as COBOL. I'm wondering what will happen in the future, when almost no one will program in those languages, and the ...
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Are there languages that allow goto statement to only go down?
goto statements can sometimes be useful to go down (to lower lines of code) in code, but can create a mess if used to go up (to higher lines of code). Therefore, I am wondering if there is any ...
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What's the benefit of having everything as an object in dynamically typed programming language? [closed]
modern dynamic programming languages like Python, Ruby and Javascript all take the approach of treating everything as an object, what's the benefit of this approach, and what's the curse of it?
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Which code should I use to inform me of updates on websites? [closed]
I don't know if this is the correct place to ask this question but I'll ask it here anyway.
I don't know much about programming (I only ever learned MATLAB!) but I wonder if there is a simple way to ...
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What are 4th & 5th programming language generations? Are there more of them? [closed]
As it is often classified at school/college level, popular programming languages (C#, Java, C++) are all 3rd generation languages (with higher level of abstraction from the machine's physical parts). ...
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Why do class-based OO-languages always use the keyword `new` to create an object? [duplicate]
I do not know much about OO-languages, but from what I have seen, it seems most class-based OO-languages uses a keyword new (or something equivalent) to create an object. Prototype-based OO-languages ...
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Why are mostly 9999, 99999… are used for making comparisons [closed]
I (I am sure everyone else also) have always seen comparisons of some value to 999 or 9999 .... etc.
for e.g.:
in CSS
z-index: 9999
or some times
str.length < 99999
I wonder if there is some ...
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Why is C still in the category of High Level Language? [closed]
Many of the textbooks on the C programming language tell that C is a high-level programming language, but many of the tutors online say that C is also a middle-level programming language. Why is it ...
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Is it difficult to develop a programming language which is closely related to human language? [closed]
Will it be difficult in developing a programming language which is much more closer to our language ?
It was just to know the view of programmers across the globe towards the natural programming ...
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Why C language is taught as the basis of Computer Programming Languages? [duplicate]
I often wondered why C Language is taught as the basis of programming languages everywhere. There are a lot of modern languages like Java, Python etc. which makes the syntax and programming easier. ...
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How did OOP evolve to include the notion of Properties
I've come from a C++ background and am going all out C# in my current job and I've just been reading a lot of Q&A about what's the difference between public fields and properties and all the back ...
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Is every language written in C?
Sometimes while programming in different languages (C/C++, C#), this thought comes to my mind:
Is each and every language written in the C programming language?
Is the C language the mother/father ...
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Returning the object/$this [duplicate]
A very general question. I was thinking about method chaining, which seems useful, and began wondering if there is a reason to not return the object in a class member, as a matter of course.
For ...
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What is meant by “redundant, but not duplicative” in the Steelman language requirements?
The Steelman language requirements have this:
The language shall require some redundant, but not duplicative, specifications in programs.
I think I can see the underlying idea (that re-stating ...
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Modern OOP vs Alan Kays OOP [closed]
I've recently come to discover there's actually a strong amount of criticism towards what people refer to as "modern OOP" - often comparing it to either functional programming or Alan Kays' OOP.
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Company decides standard language for all development, or coder can pick their own standard…so that is the standard? What is the norm? [closed]
Our company is moving from IBM mainframe environment and coding, to an OO environment. Is it possible...or is it correct/plausable to NOT have any standard whatsoever with regard to the server side ...
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Historical precedent for why Prolog is less popular than SQL in Imperative Programming? [closed]
It seems that writing Declarative SQL is very popular in Imperative Programming. However, it also seems that writing Declarative Prolog could save a lot of complexity but this is not very common.
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Haskell, Rust, or D for POSIX shell implementation? [closed]
I am planning on writing my own Bourne shell. It will be full-featured, capable of being used as a system /bin/sh.
The shell will be implemented very differently from other Bourne shells, however. ...
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Pre-Compilation Processor:
What I want to do:
Parse source code, search for a beginning and closing tag of my own definition (one that does not conflict with any defined patterns in the programming language), and then replace ...
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Why are self-hosting compilers considered a rite of passage for new languages?
I've heard in a number of places now that people expect languages to use, or at least have, a self-hosting compiler in order to deserve respect.
I'm curious as to why this is. A compiler seems like a ...
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type infered statically typed languages?
are there any typeless typesafe languages? By typesafe I mean types are checked at compile time. By typeless I mean types are not declared.
I know this is easier than it sounds, maybe even impossible ...
