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This is the current Lemmy equivalent of https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/.

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This community is dedicated to the theory, design and implementation of programming languages.

Be nice to each other. Flame wars and rants are not welcomed. Please also put some effort into your post.

This isn't the right place to ask questions such as "What language should I use for X", "what language should I learn", and "what's your favorite language". Such questions should be posted in /c/learn_programming or /c/programming.

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"Check out this new language I've been working on!"
"Here's a blog post on how I implemented static type checking into this compiler"
"I want to write a compiler, where do I start?"
"How does the Java compiler work? How does it handle forward declarations/imports/targeting multiple platforms/?"
"How should I test my compiler? How are other compilers and interpreters like gcc, Java, and python tested?"
"What are the pros/cons of ?"
"Compare and contrast vs. "
"Confused about the semantics of this language"
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Library Design: Naming Conventions – Option & Result (soc.me)

submitted 6 days ago by soc@programming.dev to c/programming_languages@programming.dev

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[–] soc@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Many languages' Option and Result types suffer from an organically-grown and therefore inconsistently named set of functions that operate on them.

We can do better! The article demonstrates how a full set of useful methods with predictable names can be derived from few, simple rules.

[–] mobotsar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Pass and Fail

You really wanted them to have the same number of letters, eh? Haha.

[–] soc@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, avoids pointless debates whether they should be lined up in matches or not. :-)