Sets Data Structure in Golang
I really like google golang but could some one explain what the rationale is for the implementors having left out a basic data structure such as sets from the standard library?
Event driven language for Robotics [closed]
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KISS principle applied to programming language design?
KISS (“keep it simple, stupid” or “keep it simple stupid”, see e.g. here) is an important principle in software development, even though it apparently originated in engineering. Citing from the wikipedia article:
Has the syntax of any programming language been usability tested?
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How is the DOM language independent?
Quoting from Wikipedia
Do there exist programming languages where a variable can truly know its own name?
In PHP and Python one can iterate over the local variables and, if there is only once choice where the value matches, you could say that you know what the variable’s name is, but this does not always work. Machine code does not have variable names. C compiles to assembly and does not have any native reflection capabilities, so it would not know it’s name. (Edit: per Anton’s answer the pre-processor can know the variable’s name).
What constitutes a programming language and how does one copyright a programming language?
I’ve decided to create a programming language of my own, mostly just for fun. However, I got interested in the legal aspect of it all.
Is this how dynamic language copes with dynamic requirement? [closed]
Closed 10 years ago.
Which language is more suitable heavy file tasks?
I need to write a script (based on basic functions) to process /image/audio/video files. The process is mainly filesystem tasks and converts. The database of files has been stored by mysql. The script is simple but cause heavy tasks on the system; for example renaming/converting/copying thousands of file in a run. The script does not read the content of files into memory, it just manage the commands for sub-processes. The main weight is on the communication with filesystem. The script will be used regularly for new files. My concern is about performance. I am thinking of
Is there a well grounded theory on backward and forward compatibility of formats, languages, grammars and vocabularies?
I have a friend who has the specific problem of building a case against the use of a custom HTML <wrapper> tag in some site’s markup. Now, intuitively we can answer that use of such a tag is risky, as future HTML specs may define a wrapper tag with semantics that conflict with its use on the site. We can also appeal to a particular section of the HTML5 spec which also recommends against the use of custom tags for this reason.