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Answer: Programming languages are generally written in English, with occasiona.​.​.​ Your Reading Digest Top Stories For You In what language was C written? Sergey Zubkov, Former C programmer, using C++ now. Updated Feb 15, 2016 Programming languages are generally written in English, with occasional BNF where necessary to define the grammar formally (the C spec has about 16 pages of that) If you're ... Read More » If you stay up for 18+ hours, does it cause any problems in the brain? Dixie Guill Golden, Took classes in Brain Training Written Mon If a person gets up at six a.m., goes to work and returns home at 6 p.m., then goes to bed at 10 p.m., that's "staying up" for 18 hours on a regular basis. That would be ei... Read More » Will Marvel down play Avengers: Infinity War like they down played Captain America: Civil War? Lucas Martin, Lifelong comic enthusiast Updated Mon If by "down play" you mean not have Thanos kill literally everyone, then yes I am almost certain they will. It is hard to predict just what Marvel is going to do with any of... Read More » In which areas of science has mankind actually regressed? Chris Harget Written Jun 9 Vacuum tube engineering? My high school physics teacher had a vacuum tube engineering degree from a great university that should have made him well off, but some bastard in... Read More » Is it worth it to rewrite Linux in C++? Terry Lambert, Apple Core OS Kernel Team; technical lead on several projects over 8 years Written Jun 9 I'm pretty sure Linus Torvalds would hunt you down and kill you. Then he'd reload you on new hardware, and kill you again. C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible... Read More » What made you get checked for cancer? Bill Rietman, Telecommunications Engineer (1998-present) Written Jun 28 I took my wife to the ER for stroke like symptoms in January. 54 active, non smoker, eats well, only been to hospital to deliver our three daughters. The blood tests showed... Read More » If [math]7^x=49^x[/math], what is [math]x[/math]? Ian Brown Updated Apr 27 That's pretty odd math you have there. The question is, 7 multiplied by itself how many times (X) is the same as 49 multiplied by itself the same number of times (X). X isn... Read More » Why has the Go language (reportedly) not seen wider adoption at Google? Phil Jones, Still trying to figure it out Written Jun 7, 2014 There's a talk from one of the inventors of Go (can't find it now) where he says "We thought we were making this for C++ programmers who wanted a better C++, but instead it... Read More » Is prison life really as bad as it is depicted in movies? Mark O'Connell, Author, 6 yrs USN, 20+yrs office manager, ex-con Written Jun 21 Movies and TV shows cannot show the reality of life in prison 24 hours a day. Nothing can portray what it's like to live in an 8X11 foot concrete toilet with another person.... Read More » What is the simplest successful business idea you have ever heard? James Altucher, Author, entrepreneur, podcaster, wall street investor Written Jun 12 I was running a $125 million dollar VC fund but I played the arcade game "Defender" all the time in my office with the door closed. I was sick and tired of stupid pitch afte... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.