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Programming Languages

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Hello!

This is the current Lemmy equivalent of https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/.

The content and rules are the same here as they are over there. Taken directly from the /r/ProgrammingLanguages overview:

This community is dedicated to the theory, design and implementation of programming languages.

Be nice to each other. Flame wars and rants are not welcomed. Please also put some effort into your post.

This isn't the right place to ask questions such as "What language should I use for X", "what language should I learn", and "what's your favorite language". Such questions should be posted in /c/learn_programming or /c/programming.

This is the right place for posts like the following:

See /r/ProgrammingLanguages for specific examples

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I hope more languages get these features

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[–] mcmodknower@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Wait Evan, did you say heap allocation? Isn't heap allocation at compile-time impossible?" ... Though, I'd bet that some Lisps were doing all this back in the 60s and 70s too, as is usually the case!

Yes, macros in lisp are just normal functions running at compile time, taking in the compile time arguments and outputting code.