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Rework help page to allow discussing computer languages

root

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What are our specific abbreviations and terms?

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2024: a year in moderation

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Clarify usage of the [ambiguity] tag

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Let's workshop an examples question

Michael HomerMod

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kaya3

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One year of Programming Language Design and Implementation Stack Exchange!

Michael HomerMod

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Is it a good idea to include code from the relevant part of your compiler/interpreter in a question?

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Should we ban AI-generated answers?

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Michael HomerMod

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2023: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

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How shall I fix my question about line continuations?

Michael HomerMod

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Those "+" and "C" questions, and this site's scope

Alexis KingMod

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Karl Knechtel

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Syntax highlighting for Rust destroys correct indent level

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What's up with the aggressive erasing of comments?

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Close reason says 'programmining' instead of 'programming'

lyxalMod

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Rename the 'Blatantly off-topic' close reason

lyxalMod

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Michael HomerMod

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Alexis KingMod

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kaya3

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Should frivolous questions about esolangs be on topic?

Martin Rosenau

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No custom sites to move to

Alexis KingMod

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modified Aug 17, 2023 at 2:47

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A community-specific close reason for unfocused language design questions

Alexis KingMod

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Missing the obvious close reason: "not about programming language design or implementation"

Alexis KingMod

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modified Aug 15, 2023 at 18:58

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Please enable MathJax [duplicate]

Alexis KingMod

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modified Aug 11, 2023 at 18:29

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A second plea to enable MathJax

Nike Dattani

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The Garbage Disposal is still parented to the old domain

lyxalMod

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Is or is not “Why target an existing VM?” too broad?

Bruce Adams

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Preempting the "long tail of crap" problem

Pablo H

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Conclusion of Room Owner nominations/election for The Garbage Collector

Michael HomerMod

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modified Aug 7, 2023 at 23:10

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Moving towards more focused language design questions

Alexis KingMod

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answered Aug 3, 2023 at 20:50

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Are “what are some possible syntaxes” questions on-topic?

kaya3

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answered Aug 1, 2023 at 21:34

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Which "Which languages have XYZ?" questions are on-topic?

Karl Knechtel

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What do we think of this style of "how is X implemented in your language" question?

Karl Knechtel

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What is a programming language for the purposes of this site to qualify as on topic?

kaya3

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modified Jul 25, 2023 at 13:48

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