Top "Semantics" questions

The study of meaning as it applies to programming languages

at-most-once and exactly-once

I am studying Distributed Systems and when it comes to the RPC part, I have heard about these two semantics (…

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How different are the semantics between Python and JavaScript?

Both these languages seem extremely similar to me. Although Python supports actual classes instead of being prototype-based, in Python classes …

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What does "in-place" mean?

Reverse words in a string (words are separated by one or more spaces). Now do it in-place. What does in-place …

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Semantic Diff Utilities

I'm trying to find some good examples of semantic diff/merge utilities. The traditional paradigm of comparing source code files …

language-agnostic diff semantics
How to semantically tag poem text?

What to use for poem? pre blockquote code something else?

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What is exact meaning of "kitchen sink" in programming?

I read this word many time "Kitchen sink", mostly when i download something from github, there is folder with name "…

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What's the difference between an Algorithm and a Design Pattern

I was searching for "Undo/Redo algorithms" and found something marked as a duplicate, but the duplicate was a request …

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What are "sugar", "desugar" terms in context of Java 8?

I hear about 'sugaring' and 'desugaring' more often in Java 8, what does these terms mean ? are they conceptual or syntactical. …

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What's the most semantically correct way to do subheadings?

What's the most semantically correct way to do subheadings or subtitles? Example below. About We sell apples, yay! Lorem ipsum... …

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Is it correct to nest HTML definition lists (<dl>)?

Is it semantically correct to nest definition lists, or should they simply be a 'flat list of name/value pairs'. …

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