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My potential customer has a very bad written English. Is that a red flag? [closed]
I am trying to start a freelancing career on oDesk. One of the potential employers offered me somewhat of a dream job: it's game development for an established company. The pay seems to be right ...
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Why the static data members have to be defined outside the class separately in C++ (unlike Java)?
class A {
static int foo () {} // ok
static int x; // <--- needed to be defined separately in .cpp file
};
I don't see a need of having A::x defined separately in a .cpp file (or same file ...
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How can I extract words from a sentence and determine what part of speech each is?
I want to write something that takes a sentence and identifies each word it contains and defines what part of speech each word is.
For example
Hello World, I am a sentence
would return this
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Visualizing a CUP grammar
I am implementing a grammar in CUP, and it would often be helpful to see everything at a glance. This could also be useful in finding errors quickly.
Are there any programs out there that will ...
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Insert grammatical mistakes in a correct sentence
I'd like to insert grammatical mistakes (not typo) in a correct sentence, to make a small game. For instance:
My name is John
-> My name are John
He leaves the room
-> He leave the room
I ...
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What makes one language any better than another when both are designed for the same goals? [closed]
I'm in the process of creating a grammar for a scripting language but as I'm working on it I started to wonder what makes a language good in the first place. I know the goals for my script but there ...
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Best way to parse optional grammar rules?
I started to write a hand written parser just for fun. For simple rules it is working, but I have problem with the optional grammar rules. I marked the optional rules with a question mark.
Here is a ...
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Whats the difference between syntax and grammar?
I understand the difference between syntax and semantics -
syntax - how the symbols are combined to form a valid expression or statement.
semantics - the meaning of those symbols that form an ...
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How should I specify a grammar for a parser?
I have been programming for many years, but one task that still takes me inordinately long is to specify a grammar for a parser, and even after this excessive effort, I'm never sure that the grammar ...
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Using grammars to extract bibliographic citations
My task lays in the area of text mining / labelling, more particular extraction of bibliographic citations (references) from the plain text, as shown here:
Basically, for the input text the ...
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Is saying “JSON Object” redundant?
If JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation, then when you say JSON object, aren't you really saying "JavaScript Object Notation Object"?
Would saying "JSON string" be more correct?
Or would it be ...
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Should I let my users write BnfExpressions to extend my grammar?
Preface
I'm designing a templating language (please skip the don't/why?? speech). One of the major goals of this language is to be extensible. There are 2 main elements in my language. "Tags" and ...
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Learning About Languages
I'm interested in learning more about programming languages. In particular, I'd like to look at some of the new developments in programming languages (even the really obscure ones that only academics ...
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Preferred lambda syntax?
I'm playing around a bit with my own C like DSL grammar and would like some oppinions.
I've reserved the use of "(...)" for invocations. eg:
foo(1,2);
My grammar supports "trailing closures" , ...
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Should I point out spelling/grammar related mistakes in someone's code?
While reviewing a coworker's code, I came across some spelling mistakes in function names and also grammatical errors like 'doesUserHasPermission()' instead of 'doesUserHavePermission()' in function ...
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What are your thoughts on Periods/Full Stops in code comments?
I saw this asked in the SO Tavern, so I'm posting the question here. I thought it an interesting question. (Of course it doesn't belong on SO, but I think it's OK here.)
Do you add periods (or, as ...
