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A programming language is an artificial language designed to express computations that can be performed by a machine.

Java - why no return type based method overloading?

I know this is not possible but can anyone provide a theory as to why Java chose not to support …

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Why are there no asin2() and acos2() functions similar to atan2()?

From my understanding, the atan2() function exists in programming languages because atan() itself cannot always determine the correct theta since …

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What does "expressive" mean when referring to programming languages?

I hear this word a lot in sentences like "javascript is a very expressive language". Does it just mean there …

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What is the runtime complexity of a switch statement?

I'd like to know what the worst-case runtime complexity of a switch statement is, assuming you have n cases. I …

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What is Data Oriented programming?

Can any one explain to me what is Data Oriented programming? Is Data oriented programming and functional programming the same? …

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Portable Programming IDE

Frequently I'm brainstormed with programming ideas that I would like to directly code. More or less like "Wow, that algorithm …

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Programming language for self-modifying code?

I am recently thinking about writing self-modifying programs, I think it may be powerful and fun. So I am currently …

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The difference between Reactive and Functional-Reactive programming

I have been doing some research into reactive programming recently and I'm finding it hard to find a good description …

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Meaning of Leaky Abstraction?

What does the term "Leaky Abstraction" mean? (Please explain with examples. I often have a hard time grokking a mere …

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What are the available interactive languages that run in tiny memory?

I am looking for general purpose programming languages that have an interactive (live coding) prompt work in 32 KB of RAM …

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