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What is declarative programming? [closed]

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June 2, 2022
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The term “Context” in programming? [closed]

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June 2, 2022
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Is SQL or even TSQL Turing Complete?

This came up at the office today. I have no plans of doing such a thing, but theoretically could you write a compiler ...

May 31, 2022
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Programming, programming-languages

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Dynamic type languages versus static type languages

What are the advantages and limitations of dynamic type languages compared to static type languages? See also: whats with the love of dynamic ...

May 30, 2022
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Why aren’t programs written in Assembly more often? [closed]

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May 28, 2022
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Best explanation for languages without null

Every so often when programmers are complaining about null errors/exceptions someone asks what we do without null. I have some basic idea of ...

May 25, 2022
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Language Books/Tutorials for popular languages

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May 22, 2022
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Function overloading by return type?

Why don’t more mainstream statically typed languages support function/method overloading by return type? I can’t think of any that do. It seems no ...

May 20, 2022
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Compiled vs. Interpreted Languages

I’m trying to get a better understanding of the difference. I’ve found a lot of explanations online, but they tend towards the abstract ...

May 16, 2022
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What languages are Windows, Mac OS X and Linux written in?

I was just wondering who knows what programming languages Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made up from and what languages are ...

May 15, 2022
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