-lang
-lang suffix: combining with the names of programming languages, especially those which may be confused with common English words. Also the combining form of language.
Suffix
-lang (proper noun-forming suffix)
- Combining with the names of programming languages, especially those which may be confused with common English words.
- "One of the biggest ones to point out is that async runtimes are still a bit unclear," noted Thomas. He also said the learning curve was difficult, which chimes with top obstacles to Rust adoption revealed in Rustlang's most recent survey of developers.2020 April 30, Liam Tung, “Microsoft: Why we used programming language Rust over Go for WebAssembly on Kubernetes app”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2024
- Threat actors are increasingly shifting to "exotic" programming languages such as Go, Rust, Nim, and Dlang that can better circumvent conventional security protections, evade analysis, and hamper reverse engineering efforts.2021 July 27, Ravie Lakshmanan, “Hackers Turning to 'Exotic' Programming Languages for Malware Development”, in The Hacker News, archived from the original on 20 May 2024
Also used as
-lang is also the combining form of language.
Forms of -lang
| plural | -langs |
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Origin of -lang
From lang, itself a clipping of language.
Questions about -lang
- What does -lang mean?
- -lang means combining with the names of programming languages, especially those which may be confused with common English words.
- What part of speech is -lang?
- -lang is a suffix.
Words near -lang in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: -lang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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