Timeline for Do I need to understand the Internals of a programming language?
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| Jan 31, 2016 at 19:14 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 17, 2013 at 11:39 | audit | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 9, 2013 at 4:54 | comment | added | gnat | possible duplicate of How can I really master a programming language? | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 22:19 | comment | added | user16764 | It depends what you mean by "the internals," but I know that it's not uncommon at all for professional C# and Java programmers to have at least some understanding of the CLI or JVM. | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 21:48 | comment | added | user39685 | Nope and nope. Definitely not a duplicate of either of those. | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 21:36 | comment | added | gnat | possible duplicate of What do you need to master a language and its technology? and At what point can I say I've “learned” a language? | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 21:26 | comment | added | user39685 | Many programming languages are defined, at least in part, by an implementation. This basically means things that seem like they should be internals are actually part of the definition. See also operational semantics. Of course, as Delnan mentioned, most of the time this stuff doesn't matter, but .... | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 20:55 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackProgrammer/status/365577143767404544 | ||
| Aug 8, 2013 at 20:23 | comment | added | user7043 | I know a fair bit about CPython and PyPy internals, but 80% of the time they are of no use (or even harmful, as in distracting) for my Python programming. I'm glad I know that stuff the other 20% though, and it's not just for performance, also for understanding stupid error messages and steering clear of non-portable behaviour. | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 20:01 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 8, 2013 at 19:56 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 8, 2013 at 19:54 | answer | added | Telastyn | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 19:53 | answer | added | Robert Harvey | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 19:53 | answer | added | Bobson | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 19:47 | comment | added | user53141 | Internals become important when you have to worry about performance. | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 19:45 | comment | added | GrandmasterB | I dont think there's a one-size-fits-all answer to this. How deeply you need to know a language depends on how deeply you need to know the langauge to be able to complete your projects. | |
| Aug 8, 2013 at 19:40 | history | edited | Robert Harvey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2013 at 19:37 | history | asked | Flo Schönfeld | CC BY-SA 3.0 |