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What’s a Turing Machine? (And Why Does It Matter?)

What’s a Turing Machine? (And Why Does It Matter?)

Turing machines, explained!
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Marin Benčević

What is Lazy Evaluation? — Programming Word of the Day

When a compiler encounters an expression, usually it tries to evaluate it. Evaluation is the process of getting the root meaning of a piece…
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Marin Benčević

Why JavaScript is an OOP Language (Even Though It Doesn’t Have Classes)

You probably know how OOP works. The class Dog inherits from class Animal, which means that if you have a Dog you access methods from…
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Marin Benčević
Why Recursion Is Less Efficient Than a Loop — Programming Word of the Day

Why Recursion Is Less Efficient Than a Loop — Programming Word of the Day

Recursion is, simply put, a function calling itself.
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Marin Benčević
Asynchronous programming with Kotlin and Coroutines — Lesson 3: Continuation

Asynchronous programming with Kotlin and Coroutines — Lesson 3: Continuation

This is the third part of my series, so make sure you check out the first two articles! P.S. If you’ve already read them, I’ve updated…
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Filip Babic
Here’s One Programming Paradigm you Probably Haven’t Heard of — Programming Word of the Day

Here’s One Programming Paradigm you Probably Haven’t Heard of — Programming Word of the Day

You’ve heard of object oriented, imperative and functional programming. These are all different programming paradigms, or ways of thinking…
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Marin Benčević
What’s the smallest possible number? — Programming Word of the Day

What’s the smallest possible number? — Programming Word of the Day

What’s the smallest number greater than 0? This is one of those simple questions with complicated answers somewhere between “there is none”…
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Marin Benčević
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