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Should both language design and language implementation be on-topic?
Yes, both design and implementation should be on-topic
First, the proposal says this:
Programming Language Design
Proposed Q&A site for designers and implementers of computer programming ...
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Should esoteric programming language design be included?
Yes
(Most) Esolangs are definitely programming languages. Also, the very idea of the site itself came from 5 users in the Code Golf Stack Exchange, where we love working on esoteric and golfing ...
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A mostly opinion-based site?
I disagree with your categorisation of these proposed questions, and I also disagree that your categorisation of them implies they are a bad fit for Stack Exchange.
Questions about design will always ...
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Should "should" questions be allowed?
Asking "should" invites opinion, which invites discussion, which is a poor fit for the Stack Exchange model. Stack Overflow discovered this the hard way years ago.
Instead, ask about ...
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Should we rename our site to include "and implementation"?
Only in the site name
There's nothing wrong with having a long site name. As you say, over on Code Golf and Coding Challenges, we're hella used to long site names (which is ironic given we're about ...
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Are questions regarding implementation of existing languages on topic?
Most new languages are variations of older ones
A while ago, I made a graph about how different programming languages have influenced each other, and in a lot of cases, were direct descendants of each ...
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How does "Programming Language Design and Implementation" overlap with existing SE communities?
This definitely isn't the full picture, but here's the list from which computer science / programming Stack Exchange sites do I post on? annotated with how they might overlap with our site (sites with ...
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Should we allow questions about other parts of the software toolchain?
Profilers and Debuggers
Questions about creating debuggers and profilers wouldn't be on topic, but questions about exposing debug symbols and memory layout location to a debugger of profiler would be, ...
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Will questions about graphical/low code languages be on topic for language design
Yes.
There really doesn't seem any problem with allowing questions from graphical languages in PLD, as after all, they're languages. Besides, as some questions may not go along with text-based ...
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Do we want questions that are less technical and more UX-related?
Only if they can be made somewhat objective
"Should I use tabs or spaces for indentation" is bad.
"What are the advantages to using tabs over spaces for indentation in my language" ...
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Area 51 is no longer allowing individual blockchain, cryptocurrency, or web3 proposals
As a former moderator of Ethereum Stack Exchange and a software engineer, I welcome this step. Blockchains are technology, but this does not necessarily mean it creates a large enough developer ...
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Will PLD allow list questions?
I think some such questions would be valuable, and should be allowed; they are likely to be among the most popular Q&As on the site.
That said, there are a limited number of list questions which ...
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Should questions about design decisions in existing languages be on-topic?
Yes
Decisions made by practical languages usually have reasons, even if the reason is something uninteresting such as "because this language's predecessor does the same thing". If questions ...
8
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Accepted
Will another proposal for Stack Overflow in another language be acceptable now?
No, nothing has changed since then and there is still nothing planned. We will not accept entirely non-English site proposals.
For future readers: we will announce if this ever changes. We won't ...
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A mostly opinion-based site?
Note: Your question is basically the same as this one so my answer will be very similar.
I see a danger but I think it can be avoided.
So I spend a lot of time on reddit and any sufficiently popular ...
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What is a programming language?
This is Better Suited as a Meta Discussion Once the Site Launches
That's not to say this question is a valid question...hell, it's actually something that'll need to be defined pretty quickly once ...
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Are questions regarding implementation of existing languages on topic?
New implementations (i.e. not forks) of existing languages are very rare, and have mostly the same concerns as implementing new languages. So I don't see it causing any problems.
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Should both language design and language implementation be on-topic?
Programming language design and programming language implementation are very different things.
Theoretically, that's true. In practice, though, for most languages (certainly, almost all of the ...
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Will PLD allow list questions?
I personally think that given the scope of the site, these kinds of questions will be almost unavoidable. There's generally not a single best way to implement things, and it's important to know what ...
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Should we allow questions about the procedure of creating programming languages?
I'd say yes.
The name of the site is literally "Programming language design and implementation". Which sort of tells you that there will be questions about creating (designing) programming ...
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Accepted
If you are showing a rep of 51 or 151 you may have committed incorrectly. Make sure you link you SO account
Here's how to connect your Stack Exchange profiles together so that you can put your reputation from those sites behind your commitment to this proposal.
Visit https://meta.stackexchange.com.
Click ...
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Are 5 users willing to Follow a proposal for ebikes.stackexchange.com?
It appears ebikes.stackexchange, will need 4 other users besides me to follow its proposal, for it to be created...
No. Not even close. 5 followers are required to meet the minimal activity ...
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Should financial/investment topics be considered off-topic on the newly proposed Cryptocurrency SE site?
They should be off-topic for two primary reasons:
There is no mathematical formula for investing, so any information given is an opinion.
Whether or not an investment is safe will also be opinion as ...
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Should financial/investment topics be considered off-topic on the newly proposed Cryptocurrency SE site?
I think it should be off-topic.
Questions about HOW to buy/sell/transfer/use some cryptocurrency would be on-topic, but WHY to buy/sell or strategies to buy/sell would not be.
Discussing investment ...
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Accepted
Crypto: For cryptocurrency developers, investors and general enthusiasts interested in financial freedom
That's already taken by the cryptography site: https://crypto.stackexchange.com
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If you are showing a rep of 51 or 151 you may have committed incorrectly. Make sure you link you SO account
definitely make sure you're registered/logged in to area51 before committing to the proposal to avoid UX hell
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Are questions regarding implementation of existing languages on topic?
Our site is about design AND implementation
Implementing languages takes just as much work and specialized knowledge as designing one, and they overlap considerably. There is no reason to disallow ...
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Will questions about building and maintaining a programming language's community or contributors be allowed?
No
These questions would be better suited for community building stack exchange
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Strange pattern in voting
There's nothing strange about the behaviour at all.
It's rather expected actually. As Nij said in the comments, the first day will have a lot of excitement and then things will settle down. And while ...
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Do we want questions that are less technical and more UX-related?
Of course!
Everything in PLD is UX-related. Anything a (practical) programming language can be designed to do comes down to making something easier for the user, whether it's writing correct code with ...
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