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How do modern compilers choose which variables to put in registers? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
400 points by azeemba 52 days ago | past | 65 comments
You could have invented denotational semantics (langdev.stackexchange.com)
1 point by PaulHoule 5 months ago | past
You could have invented denotational semantics (langdev.stackexchange.com)
4 points by todsacerdoti 5 months ago | past
What are the ways compilers recognize complex patterns? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
124 points by azeemba 8 months ago | past | 29 comments
Why do (or don't) languages forbid unreachable code? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
4 points by azeemba on March 22, 2024 | past
Why does Rust choose not to provide `for` comprehensions? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
24 points by behnamoh on March 11, 2024 | past | 16 comments
Why Does Rust Depend on C? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
2 points by goranmoomin on Nov 27, 2023 | past
Why does Rust depend on C? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
3 points by panic on Nov 27, 2023 | past
Is it possible to make GC a library? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
2 points by wg0 on Nov 15, 2023 | past
Why did Rust require macro names to have an exclamation point at the end? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
3 points by susam on Oct 31, 2023 | past | 1 comment
Why do programming languages use the asterisk for multiplication? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
2 points by pallas_athena on Sept 21, 2023 | past | 2 comments
How to ensure that an optimising compiler will terminate? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
2 points by azeemba on Aug 26, 2023 | past | 1 comment
How should I read type system notation? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
349 points by mpweiher on Aug 15, 2023 | past | 92 comments
How should I read type system notation? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
3 points by azeemba on Aug 14, 2023 | past
How can we compare expressive power between two Turing-complete languages? (langdev.stackexchange.com)
85 points by joebiden2 on July 5, 2023 | past | 55 comments
Programming Language Design and Implementation stack exchange (langdev.stackexchange.com)
2 points by piinbinary on June 30, 2023 | past

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