I love Ruby, for past couple of years it is my language of choice. But even since I started learning it, I was repelled with the fact that so often there are several ways to do the same (or equivalen
The following declaration in C: int* a, b; will declare a as type int* and b as type int. I\'m well aware of this trap, but what I want to know is why it works this way. Why doesn\'t it also declar
I came from a mostly C/C++ background before I began using C#. One of the things I did with my first project in C# was make a class like this
I\'m interesting in some design choices of C# language. There is a rule in C# spec that allows to use method groups as the expressions of is operator:
What does TypeState refer to in respect to language design?I saw 开发者_如何学Cit mentioned in some discussions regarding a new language by mozilla called Rust.Note: Typestate was dropped from Rust, o
In natural languages, we would say \"some color is a primary color if the color is red, blue, or yellow.\"
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From language design point of view , What type of practice is supporting operator overloading? What are 开发者_C百科the pros & cons (if any) ?EDIT: it has been mentioned that std::complex is a mu
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I was initially surprised that Java decides to specify that byte is signed, with a range from -128..127 (inclusive). I\'m under the impression that most 8-bit number representations are unsigned, with