M4N asks: Is there a reason why functions in most (?) programming languages are designed to support any number of input parameters but only one return value?

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Zig is a new programming language that seems to be growing in popularity. Let’s do a quick dive into what it is, why it’s unique, and what sort of things you would use it for.

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The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

In Programming Languages research, we explore the ways in which computations are expressed in written form. Our research focuses on three central ideas: the semantics of a particular piece of program ...

Nevertheless, genetic programming has so far been successful only for equations or short sections of programs, typically comprising a dozen lines. The reason for this is that programming is hard.

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

A purely functional programming language is a functional language with an explicit way to manage effects like Haskell’s IO type.

Computer scientists have designed a way to safely use multiple programming languages within the same program, enabling programmers to use the language most appropriate for each function while ...