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

Why are dates calculated from January 1st, 1970?

Is there any reason behind using date(January 1st, 1970) as default standard for time manipulation? I have seen this standard …

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Is it worthwile to learn assembly language?

Is it still worthwhile to learn ASM? I know a little of it, but I haven't really used it or …

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What should every JavaScript programmer know?

Is there a set of things that every JavaScript programmer should know to be able to say "I know JavaScript"?

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What are five things you hate about your favorite language?

There's been a cluster of Perl-hate on Stack Overflow lately, so I thought I'd bring my "Five things you hate …

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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 …

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What is the difference between Type and Class?

What makes a type different from class and vice versa? (In the general language-agnostic sense)

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Should I use multiplication or division?

Here's a silly fun question: Let's say we have to perform a simple operation where we need half of the …

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Truly understanding the difference between procedural and functional

I'm really having a hard time understanding the difference between procedural and functional programming paradigms. Here are the first two …

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What is the difference between "keyword" and "reserved word"?

What's the difference between a keyword and a reserved word? For example, in the proposal for concepts in C++ one …

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Difference between static and dynamic programming languages

What is the different between static and dynamic programming languages? I know that it is all about type systems but …

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