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What was the first server-side language [closed]

It’s difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center. Closed 12 years ago. I was thinking about different server-side languages and […]

Why was the percent sign (%) chosen as the format specifier for the printf family of functions?

Everyone knows that, at least in C, you use the printf family of functions to print a formatted string. And these functions use a percent sign (%) to indicate the beginning of a format specifier. For example, %d means to print an int, and %u means to print an unsigned int. If you’re unfamiliar with how the printf function and format placeholders work, or simply need a refresher, the Wikipedia article is a good place to start.

What is the Mars Curiosity Rover’s software built in?

The Mars Curiosity rover has landed successfully, and one of the promo videos “7 minutes of terror” brags about there being 500,000 lines of code. It’s a complicated problem, no doubt. But that is a lot of code, surely there was a pretty big programming effort behind it. Does anyone know anything about this project? I can only imagine it’s some kind of embedded C.

Why does Java have a “bad rap” [closed]

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What is JavaScript, really?

All this started when I was looking for a way to test my webpage for JavaScript conformance like the W3C HTML Validator. I have not found one yet. So let me know if you know of any…