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Why do many template languages have `for-else` statements?

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Rationale for requiring struct prefix in C

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What is the explicit list of the situations that require RAII?

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Why target an existing VM?

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Could function parameters be placed inside names?

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What are some common ways to optimise an interpreter?

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What are the alternatives to classic ad hoc function overloading?

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What are pros and cons of tagged vs untagged union-types?

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Why does C++'s unordered_map::erase fully invalidate iterators, not even supporting advancing?

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What are the approaches of protecting against partially initialized objects?

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How does a simple mark-and-sweep GC stop the other threads?

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How is the `wasm2c` tool from the WebAssembly Binary Toolkit capable of converting WebAssembly code doing unaligned access into C?

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How are C11 compilers calculating by how much to change the stack pointer before `goto` if the program uses variable-length arrays?

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What is the mathematical abstraction of bitflags for use in a purely functional language?

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Are there languages or compilers having optimizations to deallocate variables early?

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From a parsing perspective, which is more efficient? Right-to-left or left-to-right argument parsing?

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Ways to have operators for both normal and floor division

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Tail-recursive detection and conversion

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How continuations compiles generators and coroutines?

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Can you, should you, go straight from AST to SSA?

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A kind of "weak reference" which keeps the object alive, as long as there is otherwise-unused memory

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How to find the updated address of an object in a moving garbage collector?

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How to optimize non-tail recursion?

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How do different template languages handle parsing?

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Optimization algorithm using conditional invariants

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What's the point of type safety?

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Why don't popular regex engines support complement and intersection?

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What to do when registers are used up in a register based VM?

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Why do we need to divide lexing and parsing stages

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How to ensure correct transformations with `break`, `continue` and other context-dependent statements?

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31 Answers

Why do many template languages have `for-else` statements?

Rationale for requiring struct prefix in C

What is the explicit list of the situations that require RAII?

Why target an existing VM?

Could function parameters be placed inside names?

What are some common ways to optimise an interpreter?

What are the alternatives to classic ad hoc function overloading?

What are pros and cons of tagged vs untagged union-types?

Why does C++'s unordered_map::erase fully invalidate iterators, not even supporting advancing?

What are the approaches of protecting against partially initialized objects?

How does a simple mark-and-sweep GC stop the other threads?

How is the `wasm2c` tool from the WebAssembly Binary Toolkit capable of converting WebAssembly code doing unaligned access into C?

How are C11 compilers calculating by how much to change the stack pointer before `goto` if the program uses variable-length arrays?

What is the mathematical abstraction of bitflags for use in a purely functional language?

Are there languages or compilers having optimizations to deallocate variables early?

From a parsing perspective, which is more efficient? Right-to-left or left-to-right argument parsing?

Ways to have operators for both normal and floor division

Tail-recursive detection and conversion

How continuations compiles generators and coroutines?

Can you, should you, go straight from AST to SSA?

A kind of "weak reference" which keeps the object alive, as long as there is otherwise-unused memory

How to find the updated address of an object in a moving garbage collector?

How to optimize non-tail recursion?

How do different template languages handle parsing?

Optimization algorithm using conditional invariants

What's the point of type safety?

Why don't popular regex engines support complement and intersection?

What to do when registers are used up in a register based VM?

Why do we need to divide lexing and parsing stages

How to ensure correct transformations with `break`, `continue` and other context-dependent statements?