What is the meaning of the term “thread-safe”?
Thread-safe code is code that will work even if many Threads are executing it simultaneously. http://mindprod.com/jgloss/threadsafe.html
programming-languages
What is Haskell used for in the real world? [closed]
What are some common uses for this language? Rapid application development. If you want to know “why Haskell?”, then you need to consider advantages of functional programming languages (taken from https://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AdvantagesOfFunctionalProgramming): Functional programs tend to be much more terse than their ImperativeLanguage counterparts. Often this leads to enhanced programmer productivity FP encourages quick prototyping. As … Read more
What is duck typing?
It is a term used in dynamic languages that do not have strong typing. The idea is that you don’t need to specify a type in order to invoke an existing method on an object – if a method is defined on it, you can invoke it. The name comes from the phrase “If it … Read more
What’s the name for hyphen-separated case?
There isn’t really a standard name for this case convention, and there is disagreement over what it should be called. That said, as of 2019, there is a strong case to be made that kebab-case is winning: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=kebab-case,spinal-case,lisp-case,dash-case,caterpillar-case spinal-case is a distant second, and no other terms have any traction at all. Additionally, kebab-case has … Read more
Strangest language feature
In C, arrays can be indexed like so: a[10] which is very common. However, the lesser known form (which really does work!) is: 10[a] which means the same as the above.
What is the difference between statically typed and dynamically typed languages?
Statically typed languages A language is statically typed if the type of a variable is known at compile time. For some languages this means that you as the programmer must specify what type each variable is; other languages (e.g.: Java, C, C++) offer some form of type inference, the capability of the type system to … Read more