The C preprocessor is a heritage from an ancient age (the 70′s). Modern languages provide better ways to do most things the C preprocessor was (and is) used for (the D programming language has removed the need for the preprocessor with “normal” import statements, support for conditional compilation using static if…
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Learning new programming languages will expose you to new ways of thinking; especially if the new language uses a paradigm which you aren’t yet familiar with. Many of the ways of thinking that you will learn can be applied to languages that you already know, and you might even want to start using the new language for…
There are few articles on the design of command-line interfaces (CLIs), even if plenty of articles on designing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) exist. This article is an attempt at presenting some of the most important guidelines for CLI design.