Questions tagged [constructs]

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Basic features for a basic language? DSL suggestions?

I've finally begun to understand the complexity behind creating an interpreter and a compiler. I've built several versions of TinyBasic, 1964 (Dartmouth) Basic, and my own expansions on those languages before getting to this point. The most recent…
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How to program for constraints/rules

First the background, during interviews in the past, many times I have been asked to design some or other variation of card game as programming puzzle, and I have tried to design it in OO way, but I have never been satisfied with my solutions.…
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What data type is this?

I have a list of items I am adding to, however this special list will delete anything past a given capacity. Note the order is maintained. For the life of me, I can't think of the name of such a construct. Consider data = new SpecialListType(3); //…
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