Language design

Anyone tinkering with Python long enough has been bitten (or torn to pieces) by the following issue: def foo(a=[]): a.append(5) return aPython novices would expect this function to... more

_{NB This is not a question about how to use inline functions or how they work, more why they are done the way they are.}The declaration of a class member function does not need... more

I had a very difficult time with understanding the root cause of a problem in an algorithm. Then, by simplifying the functions step by step I found out that evaluation of default arguments in... more

As I understand BASIC had line numbers because at the time you had to use a line editor to input your program. It allowed you to do something like this: 20 END 10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD" This... more

What does DIM stand for in Visual Basic?