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- Why Programming Language X Is Unambiguously Better than Programming Language Y http://joelgrus.com/2013/12/24/why-programming-language-x-is-unambiguously-better-than-programming-language-y/ 30 comments
- A Better Programming Language http://mdmstudios.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/a-better-programming-language/ 2 comments
- A programming language cannot be better without being unintuitive http://weblog.raganwald.com/2008/01/programming-language-cannot-be-better.html 2 comments
- Simple patterns for better arguments about programming languages http://plsadventures.blogspot.com/2009/08/simple-patterns-for-better-arguments.html 2 comments
- Better C – A subset of D Programming Language https://dlang.org/spec/betterc.html 352 comments
- Why Aren't Computer Programming Languages Designed Better? http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665735/are-programming-languages-poorly-designed 6 comments
- How would you change your favorite programming language to make it better? http://blog.fogus.me/2011/04/26/my-favorite-interview-question/ 95 comments
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- The better way to learn a new programming language https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/09/09/learn-a-new-programming-language/ 3 comments practices
- A programming language cannot be better without being unintuitive http://weblog.raganwald.com/2008/01/programming-language-cannot-be-better.html 47 comments programming
- Better folding in programming languages https://github.com/pierreglaser/folding-nvim 11 comments neovim
- Google Search is now better at technical queries about programming languages https://9to5google.com/2017/03/02/google-search-technical-queries-programming-languages/ 3 comments programming
- Is it better to have more knowledge of algorithms or programming languages? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/5hohac/is_it_better_to_have_more_knowledge_of_algorithms/ 5 comments cscareerquestions
- Types of programming languages for becoming a better dev http://www.codefellows.org/blogs/stretch-your-programming-skills-4-languages-you-should-learn-this-year 30 comments programming
- Which programming languages have helped you to understand programming better? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/273108/which-programming-languages-have-helped-you-to-understand-programming-better 95 comments programming
- [R] Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Program Better - Microsoft 2022 https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.14502 5 comments machinelearning
- A better programming language for data science/machine learning https://github.com/facebook/Haxl 29 comments haskell
- Linus Torvalds on the question if there is a better language than C for systems programming http://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bt=20m45s&v=MShbP3OpASA 196 comments programming
- Needed: A better language for embedded systems programming http://spin.atomicobject.com/2011/08/09/needed-a-better-language-for-embedded-systems-programming/ 16 comments programming
- In an interview, is it better to show your knowledge in programming, or your knowledge of the language? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/777n3j/in_an_interview_is_it_better_to_show_your/ 8 comments cscareerquestions
- Haskell programming language study plan. How better learn this language. https://github.com/ximet/studyplans/blob/master/language/haskell.md 10 comments haskell
- KCL Programming Language v0.7 is Out! | Better IDE extensions and modules https://kcl-lang.io/blog 2 comments coding
- "A New Programming Metric": my attempt to come up with a better way of handling the "how good are you at a programming language" question. https://www.narwhalbear.com/en/articles/programming-metric 105 comments programming
- [R] Language Agent Tree Search Unifies Reasoning Acting and Planning in Language Models - University of Illinois 2023 - Achieves 94.4\% for programming on HumanEval with GPT-4 and 86.9\% with GPT-3.5 20\% better than with reflexion! https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.04406 10 comments machinelearning
- University of Washington Programming Languages Course Fall 2013 - also offered on coursera but this one is better for self pacing http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse341/13wi/ 30 comments programming
- I made a macOS app that helps programmers do autocomplete code snippets of a lot of programming languages better out of box without context switching. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hlvm/id1550426496 24 comments swift
- "[B]y having a bootstrapped compiler as the first – and, often, for some time the biggest – program in a language, the eventual language design is often unintentionally altered and rarely for the better." http://tratt.net/laurie/blog/entries/the_bootstrapped_compiler_and_the_damage_done.html 126 comments programming
- Green Vs. Brown Programming Languages ("Ruby is a better language now than it was then. Yet now it is dreaded. Part of the difference, it seems to me, is that now people have 14 years’ worth of rails apps to maintain.") https://earthly.dev/blog/brown-green-language/ 43 comments ruby
- Is it better to learn a programming language by learning different parts of it (variables, if/else, loops, functions, arrays, etc.) or by building an actual project? https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/idwche/is_it_better_to_learn_a_programming_language_by/ 50 comments learnprogramming
- Not a 'math person'? You may be better at learning to code than you think - New research from the University of Washington finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic math knowledge, or numeracy. https://phys.org/news/2020-03-math-person-code.html 197 comments programming
- Long-Term Effects of Teacher Performance Pay: "Students who completed their full five years of primary school under the program performed significantly better than those in control schools by 0.54 and 0.35 standard deviations in math and language tests respectively" [full PDF] http://econ.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/papers/working%20papers/long%20term%20effects%20of%20teacher%20performance%20pay.pdf 69 comments science