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What do "transparent" and "opaque" mean when applied to programming concepts?

language-agnostic terminology
asked 2013-06-29T19:36:05.427
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How to merge two files consistently line by line

language-agnostic
asked 2013-05-06T07:38:07.153
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What does Backpatching mean?

language-agnostic intermediate-language compiler-construction intermediate-code
asked 2013-04-13T05:40:11.887
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How do i test/refactor my tests?

python unit-testing testing language-agnostic
asked 2013-03-22T08:49:10.517
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Acronyms in CamelCase

language-agnostic coding-style camelcasing acronym
asked 2013-03-20T14:18:10.593
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What are some algorithms for comparing how similar two strings are?

algorithm language-agnostic string-comparison stdstring heuristics
asked 2013-03-08T21:29:12.170
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Changing hue and lightness in Lab, Hcl or any perceptually uniform color system

javascript math language-agnostic colors color-picker
asked 2013-02-14T16:36:50.183
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Algorithm to find the most common substrings in a string

algorithm substring language-agnostic data-mining
asked 2013-02-03T08:16:29.243
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Why does (.*)* make two matches and select nothing in group $1?

java .net regex perl language-agnostic
asked 2013-01-24T11:19:35.433
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What is a flip-flop operator?

ruby regex perl language-agnostic flip-flop
asked 2013-01-22T10:40:17.787
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How can I pair socks from a pile efficiently?

algorithm sorting language-agnostic matching
asked 2013-01-19T15:34:35.667
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Why is processing a sorted array slower than an unsorted array?

c# .net performance language-agnostic
asked 2012-12-24T17:09:49.333
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How to find max. and min. in array using minimum comparisons?

arrays algorithm language-agnostic
asked 2012-11-24T18:55:47.513
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User Stories and Use case scenario

language-agnostic
asked 2012-11-23T07:32:41.683
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Find the Ninja Index of an array

arrays algorithm language-agnostic
asked 2012-09-20T15:01:10.980
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Should I ever use continue inside a switch statement?

php c++ language-agnostic switch-statement
asked 2012-09-10T10:30:22.537
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Google fuzzy search (a.k.a "suggestions"): What technique(s) are in use?

algorithm search language-agnostic autocomplete fuzzy-search
asked 2012-09-02T19:51:53.667
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What data structure or mix of data structures would I use for a concurrent queue that allows for bulk and specific deletes?

c# algorithm data-structures language-agnostic concurrency
asked 2012-08-28T20:54:47.137
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Are recursive types really the only way to build noncontinuous arbitrary-size data structures?

c++ data-structures language-agnostic
asked 2012-08-24T16:40:42.117
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Regular Expression Vs. String Parsing

regex string performance parsing language-agnostic
asked 2012-08-10T16:14:02.253
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How do I find the largest sequence in a string that is repeated at least once?

string algorithm language-agnostic
asked 2012-08-07T20:30:49.020
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find the smallest containing convex polygon with a given number of points

algorithm language-agnostic geometry polygon computational-geometry
asked 2012-07-22T17:06:36.797
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Why are leading zeroes used to represent octal numbers?

language-agnostic history octal
asked 2012-07-14T11:01:47.197
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Data structure to find median

data-structures language-agnostic selection
asked 2012-07-06T11:27:25.563
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Represent graph data as a key-value object

language-agnostic graph key-value graph-databases
asked 2012-07-05T10:47:12.993
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Are "data races" and "race condition" actually the same thing in context of concurrent programming

multithreading concurrency language-agnostic terminology data-race
asked 2012-06-30T17:44:25.103
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Avoiding repeat of code after loop?

python language-agnostic code-organization
asked 2012-06-22T04:01:03.023
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Training a Neural Network with Reinforcement learning

algorithm language-agnostic machine-learning neural-network reinforcement-learning
asked 2012-05-23T14:27:54.927
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Clean text coming from PDFs

language-agnostic nlp stanford-nlp
asked 2012-05-02T14:42:31.503
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What are ADTs? (Abstract Data Types)

language-agnostic terminology abstract-data-type
asked 2012-04-22T10:13:38.797
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In less-than-linear time, find the duplicate in a sorted array

arrays algorithm search language-agnostic data-structures
asked 2012-03-12T19:38:48.267
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Example parsers to learn how to write them

parsing language-agnostic
asked 2012-02-25T21:31:19.100
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Does any other language other than JavaScript have a difference between brace start locations (same line and next line)?

javascript language-agnostic programming-languages language-design
asked 2012-02-08T10:46:01.910
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How to break down a given text into words from the dictionary?

string algorithm language-agnostic data-structures
asked 2012-01-09T18:38:04.340
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How many bytes are required for accurate MIME type detection?

language-agnostic mime-types
asked 2011-12-29T21:01:47.163
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Combat strategy for ants

algorithm language-agnostic complexity-theory
asked 2011-12-20T11:00:09.030
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What is Boilerplate code, Hot code and Hot spots?

java performance language-agnostic benchmarking
asked 2011-10-27T13:58:34.267
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Simple spell checking algorithm

c++ algorithm language-agnostic nlp spell-checking
asked 2011-10-18T10:36:15.853
8
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substring finding from a string

algorithm language-agnostic suffix-tree
asked 2011-10-14T05:36:43.183
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Where do UUID namespaces come from?

language-agnostic uuid standards
asked 2011-10-11T10:57:05.490
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Google Interview: Arrangement of Blocks

algorithm language-agnostic combinatorics
asked 2011-10-07T20:40:02.020
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What are some good approaches to predicting the completion time of a long process?

algorithm language-agnostic time prediction file-copying
asked 2011-10-06T07:09:17.693
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Why set variables inside the construct of a PHP class when you can set them when they are declared?

php oop language-agnostic constructor
asked 2011-09-16T11:27:03.450
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How to draw a n sided regular polygon in cartesian coordinates?

language-agnostic polygon point-in-polygon
asked 2011-08-25T22:53:54.790
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Why are reified generics hard to combine with higher-kinded types?

c# generics scala language-agnostic types
asked 2011-08-05T09:07:16.543
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What is a good heuristic for determining the tab width used in a source file?

language-agnostic indentation heuristics
asked 2011-08-04T10:37:37.147
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What is a Degenerate Class?

oop class language-agnostic
asked 2011-07-25T01:25:14.783
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Most efficient algorithm for determining if X out of N inputs are true

algorithm language-agnostic performance
asked 2011-07-14T14:59:36.087
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Recommendations for writing an API

web-services language-agnostic
asked 2011-06-28T00:39:03.900
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Difference in accuracy with floating point division vs multiplication

algorithm language-agnostic numbers floating-point
asked 2011-06-26T07:18:30.270
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