Programming Language Design and Implementation

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Programming Language Design - Area 51 - Stack E…: Programming Language Design: What are the downsides of programming languages which don't specify …

posted on January 10, 2023 by RedzGoose

Question by RedzGoose for Programming Language Design

lyxal

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Unrelated String

1:56 PM

hype

Radvylf Programs

2:22 PM

We only need 94 more upvotes

Assuming optimal voting

We're more than 75% of the way there!

So far we've been great at redistributing votes, the only one with >10 is sort of functioning as a "i want to waste my votes :3" trap so people can get that out of their systems

Oh hang on, we do have some closed highly voted ones, so closer to 100

@Ginger Huh, I'm sure I've heard this room name before, but it's never been used in the history of SE chat

Radvylf Programs

2:41 PM

Q: Should "should" questions be allowed?

Proposal: Programming Language Design We've currently got a lot of questions formatted as "should I/my language [...]", such as: Should I have the concept of a "statement" distinct from a expression? Why or why not? Should types be a first class value? Should my language have a type for single c...

I almost self-answered with "no", but I kinda convinced myself out of it since I realized "should" isn't actually all that subjective, just dependent on specific circumstances

So I'm unsure

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yeah it's really weird to think about it the further you go

Radvylf Programs

petition to reopen this

I don't think it's fully clear, but that could be fixed with a question body, and I think it's an interesting and general-enough question to be worth asking

(it also has 10 votes)

Seggan

done

@RadvylfPrograms imo just reword more objectively

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yeah it seems like a perfectly serviceable question

Radvylf Programs

Okay this comment thread bothers me so much

Seggan

2:53 PM

Radvylf Programs

The side arguing for "only speculation being possible" is clearly wrong by their own admission but so condescending about how they assert they're right

Q: Should questions about design decisions in existing languages be on-topic?

Proposal: Programming Language Design Why did language choose to have feature , a currently closed question, has spawned a long discussion in its comments about whether or not this sort of question should be on-topic (currently 20 comments, though most of that is pointless running in circles ove...

technology allowed-questions

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Ginger

4:29 PM

@RadvylfPrograms I'm just that cool :p

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user

6:51 PM

It is a really good room name

Radvylf Programs

7:07 PM

Quick CMM: Should "and Implementation" be in our site name or is that too long?

I mean "Programming Puzzles and Code Golf" isn't exactly short either but...

"Programming Language Design"/PLD is a lot shorter than "Programming Language Design and Implementation"/PLDI

"Programming Language Development" encompasses both I guess, but I don't really like it as much

We could make "Programming Language Design and Implementation" the name but keep the "and Implementation" part in small font under it in the logo, and just call it PLD/"Programming Language Design" informally

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@RadvylfPrograms I feel like it should be

Informally, we could call it PLDI or Programming Language Design even if the official name has "Implementation"

@RadvylfPrograms Why's this question been downvoted?

I can understand downvoting individual answers, but it's a good question to raise to clarify the site's goals

Ginger

7:47 PM

@user :D

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8:00 PM

@RadvylfPrograms Anyone able to throw an extra RO vote this way?

@user Probably the person from the comment thread that I called "pointless running in circles over terminology", and who edited that out, which I rolled back

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Seggan

9:28 PM

@RadvylfPrograms yes

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