What is Type-safe?
What does “type-safe” mean? 12 Answers 12
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Why functional languages? [closed]
Closed. This question needs to be more focused. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question I see a lot of talk on here about functional languages and stuff. Why would … Read more
What should every JavaScript programmer know? [closed]
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Scripting Language vs Programming Language [closed]
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question Can anyone explain the difference between Scripting Language and Programming Language please? Also can you state … Read more
What are five things you hate about your favorite language? [closed]
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Closed 11 years ago. Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. There’s been a cluster of Perl-hate on Stack Overflow lately, so I thought I’d … Read more
What is the meaning of the term “thread-safe”?
Does it mean that two threads can’t change the underlying data simultaneously? Or does it mean that the given code segment will run with predictable results when multiple threads are executing that code segment? 17 Answers 17
What is Haskell used for in the real world? [closed]
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question There is a lot of hype around Haskell, however, it is hard to get information on … Read more
What is duck typing?
I came across the term duck typing while reading random topics on software online and did not completely understand it. What is “duck typing”? 18 s 18 It is a term used in dynamic languages that do not have strong typing. The idea is that you don’t need a type in order to invoke an … Read more
What’s the name for hyphen-separated case?
This is PascalCase: SomeSymbol This is camelCase: someSymbol This is snake_case: some_symbol So my questions is whether there is a widely accepted name for this: some-symbol? It’s commonly used in url’s. 15 s 15 There isn’t really a standard name for this case convention, and there is disagreement over what it should be called. That … Read more
Strangest language feature
Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. What is, in your opinion, the most surprising, weird, strange or really “WTF” language feature you have encountered? Please only one feature per answer. 320 s 320 In C, … Read more
