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Ruby Language
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Ruby's creator, Yukihiro Matsumoto, designed the language with programmer happiness in mind. elaborate

Python (Data Science/ML) Language
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Scikit-learn, a hugely popular Python library for machine learning, is built on top of NumPy and SciPy, demonstrating the interconnected ecosystem of Python's data science tools. elaborate

Go Lang (Go) Language
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Go's garbage collector runs concurrently with your program, minimizing pauses and improving performance. elaborate

Python Language
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Python's creator, Guido van Rossum, named the language after the British comedy group Monty Python. elaborate

Lua Language
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Lua's name means "Moon" in Portuguese. elaborate

Dart Language
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Dart's name is a pun; it's a play on words related to "darting" around the web and "dart boards"—referencing its initial design for web development and its ability to quickly deliver results. elaborate

Synecdoche Language
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The word "synecdoche" itself is a synecdoche—the part (a figure of speech) representing the whole (the literary work). elaborate

PHP Language
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PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page, reflecting its initial purpose as a set of Common Gateway Interface (CGI) binaries. elaborate

Rust Language
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Rust's mascot is a crab, reflecting the language's focus on memory safety (crabs have hard shells protecting them). elaborate

Haskell Language
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Haskell's laziness (evaluating expressions only when their values are needed) can lead to surprisingly concise and efficient code, but also to infinite loops if not handled carefully. elaborate

Java Language
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Java's creator, James Gosling, originally called the language "Oak". elaborate

C PlusPlus (C++) Language
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C++'s `std::vector` is not guaranteed to be contiguous in memory, although it usually is in practice for performance reasons. There are niche cases where a non-contiguous implementation might be chosen. elaborate

Swift (Programming) Language
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Swift's error handling uses a `do-catch` structure similar to other languages, but crucially, errors are *values* that can be explicitly thrown and handled, rather than exceptions abruptly interrupting execution. elaborate

Julia Language
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Julia's creators initially aimed for it to be a language for high-performance numerical computing, but its general-purpose capabilities have led to its adoption in many other fields. elaborate

Kotlin Language
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Kotlin was officially released by JetBrains in 2016. elaborate

Rust Programming Language
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Rust's borrow checker, a core part of its compiler, prevents data races at compile time, eliminating a significant class of runtime errors common in other languages. elaborate

R Language (R) Language
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R's name comes from the first letter of its creators' names, Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman. elaborate

Swift Language
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Swift's name comes from a swift bird, known for its speed, reflecting the language's performance goals. elaborate

Linguistics Language
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The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. elaborate

JavaScript Language
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JavaScript's creator, Brendan Eich, wrote the initial version of the language in just 10 days. elaborate

TypeScript Language
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TypeScript's type system is structural, not nominal. This means that two types are considered compatible if they have the same shape, regardless of their names. elaborate

Go (Golang) Language
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Go's mascot is a gopher, designed by Renée French. elaborate

C Sharp (C#) Language
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C# doesn't have a preprocessor directive like `#define` for creating simple constants in the same way C++ does; it uses `const` or `readonly` fields instead. elaborate

Perl Language
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Perl's creator, Larry Wall, is a linguist, and this background heavily influenced Perl's design, making it unusually flexible and capable of handling complex text manipulation. elaborate

Scala Language
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Scala's name is a portmanteau of "scalable language". elaborate

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