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

At what point does a config file become a programming language?

I have been mulling over config files and their relationship to code for a while now and depending on the …

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Programming languages for distributed system

I've been doing socket programming for a while in C++, and kind of got tired of having to write the …

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Equivalent of Class Loaders in .NET

Does anyone know if it possible to define the equivalent of a "java custom class loader" in .NET? To give …

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Is Forth still in use? If so, how and where?

A long time ago I remember thinking that the Forth programming language was pretty cool. I really haven't heard anything …

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Best practices for writing a programming language parser

Are there any best practices that I should follow while writing a parser?

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What are some compelling use cases for dependent method types?

Dependent method types, which used to be an experimental feature before, has now been enabled by default in the trunk, …

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Lego Mindstorms Programming - which language/IDE do you use/recommend?

I'm new to it and currently using the visual flow-chart like language that the Lego Mindstorms IDE uses. I'm impressed …

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What are preconditions and postconditions?

I'm learning how to program but one thing I can't quite get my head around is preconditions and postconditions. Is …

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Is there a programming language with built-in state machine construct?

I am just curious if there is a programming language which has state machines (similar to boost::statechart) as primary …

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Code-Golf: What is the shortest program that compiles and crashes?

This is a little bit of fun. Can you devise the shortest program which compiles but does nothing but immediately …

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