Programming Languages: Paradigms & Design
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Compare programming languages by paradigms and design principles. Learn how syntax, structure, and philosophy affect development and maintainability.
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🎭Actors vs Threads📷Algebraic data types vs Class hierarchies🎭Batteries-included vs Minimal core🎭Bytecode VM vs Native compilation🛡️Capability-based security vs Traditional model🌈Checked exceptions vs Unchecked exceptions📅Compiled vs Interpreted languages💰Coroutine-based concurrency vs Threads🖌️Deterministic destructors vs GC finalizers🖥️Duck typing vs Nominal typing🖼️Dynamic dispatch vs Static dispatch💰Event loop concurrency vs Thread-based concurrency🖼️Exceptions vs Result/Error codes🖼️FFI-first vs No/limited FFI🌈Functional vs Imperative programming📅Garbage-collected vs Manual memory management🖼️Header-based compilation vs Module-based compilation🖌️Hot reload vs Full restart dev loop📷Indentation-based vs Brace-based syntax🎪JIT vs AOT compilation🖼️Manual builds vs Build system driven📅Memory-safe vs Non-memory-safe languages🧬Metaprogramming vs Code generation🌈Monomorphization vs Type erasure🎨Multiple inheritance vs Single inheritance🖥️Mutable vs Immutable data🛡️Null safety vs Nullable types🎭Open source stdlib vs Minimal stdlib🖨️Opinionated formatting vs Flexible formatting📅Ownership model vs Garbage collection📅Package-level visibility vs Class-level visibility🖨️Prototype-based vs Class-based OOP🖥️REPL-first vs Compile-first workflow⏰Reflection-heavy vs Ahead-of-time friendly⏰Sandboxed runtime vs Unrestricted runtime📅Shared memory vs Message passing🖼️Single-dispatch vs Multiple-dispatch🔗Static binaries vs Dynamic linking🌈Static typing vs Dynamic typing🖌️Structural typing vs Nominal typing🖌️Threads vs Async/await🖌️Traits/Interfaces vs Inheritance🎪Type inference vs Explicit typing🎭Whitespace-significant vs Whitespace-insensitive syntax