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It's often simple to build standalone new functionality. The .NET Framework and the C# language provide a rich set of tools that make it easy to build the functionality you need. It can be much more ...

A meta-program is "executed" as the result of template instantiation (therefore, before compiled code is produced). Meta-program results are then compiled and merged into object code, including any ...

The fun part about a programming language like C is that although the language doesn’t directly support many features including object-oriented programming and generics, there’s ...

Around 10,000 developers who use the Go programming language to build systems have given their feedback on the Google-backed language in Golang's 2020 developer survey. Unsurprisingly, adoption of Go ...

Now available in a production release, Go 1.18 introduces ‘the most significant change’ to Go since the programming language debuted in 2012. Go 1.18, featuring highly anticipated generics ...

June 7, 2001— The lack of generic types in the Java programming language has been a source of controversy for years. All of that is starting to change as JSR-014, “Add Generic Types to the Java ...

This is the first installment in a four−part series investigating the current state of television comedy. Over the course of the week, the series will look at the half−hour comedy offerings on the ...