Questions tagged [on-topic]
Questions about whether a question or a range of similar questions are on-topic.
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Should we allow questions asking to find or recommend off-site resources?
Stack Overflow has such a policy (link):
Questions asking us to recommend or find a book, tool, software library, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow as they tend to ...
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What do we think of "soft / meta" questions?
I've been asking questions about programming language design at a higher level than the more technical kinds of questions I suppose many people are expecting to see here.
For example, so far, I've ...
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Are questions about specific languages on-topic?
Would a question about a specific feature of specific programming languages be on-topic or would the scope be too specific? For example, asking about the implementation of a specific feature of, say, ...
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Moving towards more focused language design questions
As of today, the [pros-cons] tag has officially been burninated, but we haven’t yet made any decisions about whether pros/cons questions are actually on topic. This has been discussed to some extent ...
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What should we explicitly call out as on- and off-topic in our Help Center?
Until about ten minutes ago, the What topics can I ask about here? page in our Help Center was just a generic template. However, now that we have moderators, we are free to decide as a community what ...
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Are “what are some possible syntaxes” questions on-topic?
Suppose I were to ask the following question:
I am designing an object-oriented language with classes, and I’m trying to decide what syntax to use to define a class’s constructor. Even among popular ...
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Are library design questions on-topic?
Especially standard library design, which is fairly related to the language itself, yet not directed related to 'language design'.
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Our help center has nothing saying what's on topic
The on-topic page in our Help Center currently looks like this:
If your question is not specifically on-topic for Programming Language Design and Implementation Stack Exchange, [...]
It never says ...
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What makes a question about a programming language’s standard library on-topic?
The consensus on Are library design questions on-topic? appears to be that library design questions can be on-topic, and in general I agree with that. Some aspects of programming language standard ...
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Should frivolous questions about esolangs be on topic?
Looking at Could a programming language work where variables are only differentiated by fonts?
It seems somewhat frivolous and likely to invites a family of similarly frivolous questions like "...
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Are questions about naming a programming language on-topic?
I am sure that asking a question such as 'What should I name my programming language?' is going to be too broad and opinion-based. But if someone had a more specific question about naming a ...
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Are questions about community building on topic?
I thought this question had already come up in Area51 but I cannot see it here so I am duplicating it.
Are questions about how to build and manage a programming language community on-topic here or ...
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Can I ask for review of a design proposal?
I recently published a formal proposal and request for feedback for what is probably the most significant extension to APL's syntax ever.
Would it be on-topic to ask for feedback on the proposal?
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Are questions about developing a language specification on-topic?
I am considering asking a question along the lines of 'How could I best describe a void or never type in a formal language ...
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