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Sep 5, 2017 at 22:22

Smalltalk With Style, a book showcasing Smalltalk best practices, is now freely available! https://sdmeta.gforge.inria.fr/FreeBooks/WithStyle/SmalltalkWithStyle.pdf

Mar 28, 2025 at 03:21

I'm trying to decide the best voice for PL documentation. Passive: "`let` can be used with destructuring." Reader focused: "You can use `let` with destructuring." Describing the PL: "FooLang supports destructuring with `let`." Anyone have opinions or best practices?

Feb 10, 2024 at 20:15

The Ruby on Rails guides use "please" when suggesting other resource to read or best practices to follow. For example: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.html I've not seen this docs convention before. I certainly see the appeal for describing best practices: "your collaborators will appreciate it!"

Autoloading and Reloading Constants — Ruby on Rails Guides

This guide documents how autoloading and reloading works in zeitwerk mode.After reading this guide, you will know: Related Rails configuration Project structure Autoloading, reloading, and eager loading Single Table Inheritance And more

Feb 7, 2023 at 01:37

Which programming languages are the closest to 'finished'? In other words, which are unlikely to expand core features or syntax such that best practices change. C and Scheme seem to fit this, are there other languages?

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