Top "Semantics" questions

The study of meaning as it applies to programming languages

What do ‘value semantics’ and ‘pointer semantics’ mean?

What is meant by ‘value semantics’, and what is meant by ‘implicit pointer semantics’?

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Semantic HTML markup for FAQs

I want to build a questions and answers page. It is not a list, it is not tabular data and …

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Specification for a Functional Reactive Programming language

I am looking at messing around with creating a functional reactive framework at some point. I have read quite a …

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Correct usage of HTML5 `figure` and `aside`

I have a chunk of a page that looks semantically this: Heading A Textual information related to heading A. Blah …

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Why is exactly once semantics infeasible?

In RPC semantics where Erlang has hope for the best, SUN RPC with at-least once and Java RMI with at-most-once …

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When to return IOrderedEnumerable?

Should IOrderedEnumerable be used as a return type purely for semantic value? For example, when consuming a model in the …

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HTML5 semantics article tag for main content

Semantics: You want to get them right but sometimes they're just confusing. Website document structure: <body> <header&…

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Xcode 7 what is the view "semantic" storyboard setting?

I see that iOS9 and xCode7 introduced a new field called "semantic" into storyboard config. A google search did not …

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What should come first in HTML, an anchor or a header?

I'm wondering which of the following two orders is semantically correct in HTML: 1. <h1><a>Header&…

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How to mark the copyright of an image in html?

this is a mostly semantic question. I want to put images with copyrights on the website. I know the figure …

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