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en programming lang<id:language> 1
From en lang, itself a en language 1 1.
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en programming informal Combining with the names of programming languages, especially those which may be confused with common English words.
en Liam Tung Microsoft: Why we used programming language Rust over Go for WebAssembly on Kubernetes app w:ZDNET https://web.archive.org/web/20240630131705/https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-why-we-used-programming-language-rust-over-go-for-webassembly-on-kubernetes-app/ 30 April 2020 "One of the biggest ones to point out is that async runtimes are still a bit unclear," noted Thomas. He also said the learning curve was difficult, which chimes with top obstacles to Rust adoption revealed in Rustlang's most recent survey of developers.
en Ravie Lakshmanan Hackers Turning to 'Exotic' Programming Languages for Malware Development The Hacker News https://web.archive.org/web/20240520234922/https://thehackernews.com/2021/07/hackers-turning-to-exotic-programming.html 27 July 2021 Threat actors are increasingly shifting to "exotic" programming languages such as Go, Rust, Nim, and Dlang that can better circumvent conventional security protections, evade analysis, and hamper reverse engineering efforts.
en 8 October 2021 theclapp golang q3wbxn hfweyc7 What's up with people not liking the term "golang"? https://archive.ph/dvpTo 11 August 2024 I don't mind people saying Golang. Once. In a title or a tag or something. So search engines can find it. Once. Once. Fucking once. on
en Thomas Claburn Google Go language goes with opt-in telemetry w:The Register https://web.archive.org/web/20240802004251/https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/17/googles_go_data_collection/ 17 May 2023 For the Golang community, it didn't help that the language came out of Google, an advertising platform with accessories.
en Alex Lashkov The New Wave of Programming Languages: Pony, Zig, Crystal, Vlang, and Julia w:Hackaday https://web.archive.org/web/20240708090509/https://hackernoon.com/the-new-wave-of-programming-languages-exploring-the-hidden-gems 26 July 2023 Vlang's simplicity and performance are promising, but its novelty results in a lack of comprehensive libraries and the small community. The language is also under constant changes which may cause instability and compatibility issues.
en Connor Jones Memory-safe languages so hot right now, agrees Lazarus Group as it slings DLang malware w:The Register https://web.archive.org/web/20240802004213/https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/11/lazarus_group_edang/ 11 December 2023 The researchers noted that DLang is an uncommon choice for writing malware, but a shift towards newer languages and frameworks is one that's been accelerating over the last few years – in malware coding as in the larger programming world.
en conlanging linguistics informal Combining form of language.
en proto- protolang
en auxiliary auxlang
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