What Should + Mean in Programming Languages

What Should + Mean in Programming Languages? None 57 comments 8/9/2021 haskell

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The true meaning of esoteric programming languages https://www.apico.net/blog/esoteric-programming-languages.html 12 comments 16/1/2016 programming

In MySQL, use utf8mb4 when you mean to work with utf8 in your programming language. https://blog.koehntopp.info/2022/01/12/utf8mb4.html 64 comments 13/1/2022 programming

One of the most under-appreciated aspects of a programming language: mean time to repair by someone other than the author http://www.e-dejong.com/blog 66 comments 16/8/2019 coding

ELI5: What does it mean for a programming language to be "powerful"? https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/79tfsq/eli5_what_does_it_mean_for_a_programming_language/ 122 comments 31/10/2017 learnprogramming

What did Alan Kay mean by, "Lisp is the greatest single programming language ever designed"? [xpost /r/programming] https://www.quora.com/What-did-Alan-Kay-mean-by-Lisp-is-the-greatest-single-programming-language-ever-designed/answer/Alan-Kay-11 15 comments 27/10/2017 lisp

What did Alan Kay mean by, "Lisp is the greatest single programming language ever designed"? https://www.quora.com/What-did-Alan-Kay-mean-by-Lisp-is-the-greatest-single-programming-language-ever-designed/answer/Alan-Kay-11 568 comments 26/10/2017 programming

Myths and Mythconceptions: What does it mean to be a programming language? (2021, HOPL) https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3480947 9 comments 23/8/2024 programminglanguages

The best programming languages - lt is a system which is allowing the developer to think freely but freely does not mean without method and rigor. http://www.alpheccar.org/en/posts/show/36 18 comments 17/1/2008 programming

The code that controls your money. [Long Form Article] COBOL a forgotten programming language that the existing banking system runs on and can't afford not too unlike lean and mean DeFi. https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazine/cobol-controls-your-money 7 comments 11/11/2021 cryptocurrency

A new computer program by MIT that not only connects meanings of words, but connects them across multiple languages! Try it out! http://conceptnet5.media.mit.edu/web/c/en/cool 5 comments 17/9/2013 technology

Why do many programming languages use the symbol of two vertical parallel lines `||` to mean "or"? Is it because two switches connected in parallel form a primitive "or" gate (like switches connected in a serie give an "and" gate)? https://langdev.stackexchange.com/q/4257/330 66 comments 12/1/2025 programminglanguages

Navajo Tech is the first tribal university to offer PhD program: The doctoral program will be dedicated to sustaining Diné culture and language. Diné is the Navajo word meaning “the people” and is commonly what tribal members call themselves https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navajo-tech-first-tribal-university-offer-phd-program-rcna76717 5 comments 26/3/2023 anthropology