If you were designing a general purpose programming language today, what major features and constraints do you think are necessary? Let's constrain (heh) ourselves to languages that might compete with ...

You want to build a website or web app. So, what are the best web programming languages available, and why are they the best? It's a weighty question, and I'd like to emphasize -- strongly and upfront ...

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Purpose: What you need to do, will determine what programming language (s) you need to learn. It is of the utmost importance that your purpose is correctly served by the use of an appropriate ...