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What is the equivalent of SQL's IN keyword in R?

In SQL, you can easily avoid multiple OR conditions if you're looking for many values of a particular variable (column) …

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Actionscript 3 vs Haxe: Which to chose for new Flash project?

I am in the planning stages of a new Flash game project and was wondering which language would be better …

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Is Haskell a Lisp?

I've been reading The Haskell Road to Logic, Maths and Programming by Doets and Eijck 2004. It seems to be a …

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PHP equivalent to python's triple-quotes - How to print bulk / lots of HTML within PHP without escaping

Possible Duplicate: php string escaping like python’s “”“ ”“”? The triple-quotes in python escapes all quotes and newlines contained within. For …

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Disadvantages of Scala type system versus Haskell?

I have read that Scala's type system is weakened by Java interoperability and therefore cannot perform some of the same …

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Is it possible to emulate Scala's traits in Python?

I want to create lightweight interfaces with methods that I can plug into classes. Here is an short example in …

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Equivalent of python's encode('utf8') in golang

How can I convert a string in Golang to UTF-8 in the same way as one would use str.encode(…

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ASP.NET - C# vs VB.NET - Indirect differences and things you might not initially consider

I'm not interested in starting another "who has the bigger member" VB vs C# debate (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/158229/what-are-the-pros-of-vb-net …

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