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Why not a memberinfo() reflection function for C# [duplicate]

Apr 27, 2018

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Why JavaScript reserves Java keywords?

Aug 12, 2022

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Why there is no sleep functionality in javascript when there is setTimeout and setInterval?

Sep 06, 2022

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How can a language be interpreted by itself (like Rubinius)?

Sep 07, 2017

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Difference between if as an expression and if as a statement

Nov 17, 2022

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Is there any object-oriented static typed language with variables with few types?

Aug 25, 2022

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C99 - why are false and true defined as 0 and 1 and not as ((bool)0) and ((bool)1)?

Oct 18, 2022

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Why did python choose commas over parenthesis in tuple design?

Nov 15, 2022

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Why is the default scoping behavior in Perl the way that it is?

Jul 09, 2022

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Are there any language or specification changes planned for a future release of Scala? [closed]

Sep 07, 2022

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Does any programming language support defining constraints on primitive data types?

Jun 10, 2022

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Anonymous function conceptual understanding

Nov 03, 2022

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Why do one liner functions require braces?

Oct 25, 2022

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Why differentiate between methods that return a value and methods that don't?

Oct 16, 2022

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When talking about programming languages, what is the definition of Magic?

Feb 11, 2022

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Creating objects on the fly in Python [duplicate]

Apr 21, 2022

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How to implement C++0x raw string literal?

Jan 09, 2020

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Relationship between parsing, highlighting and completion

Apr 07, 2018

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Modern language support += but not &&=

Jan 07, 2021

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