Questions tagged [language-agnostic]

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Finding the center of mass on a 2D bitmap

actionscript-3 algorithm language-agnostic

asked 2009-01-03T00:04:59.667

10

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23

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What have you used Regular Expressions for?

regex language-agnostic

asked 2009-01-01T02:39:17.060

17

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20

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Is hard-coding literals ever acceptable?

language-agnostic hard-coding

asked 2008-12-31T00:24:00.327

28

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4

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How to test a hash function?

algorithm unit-testing language-agnostic testing hash

asked 2008-12-24T22:50:59.367

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33

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What does it mean to "program to an interface"?

language-agnostic oop interface

asked 2008-12-21T00:48:59.113

25

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45

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Code Golf: Print the entire "12 Days of Christmas" song in the fewest lines of code

language-agnostic code-golf rosetta-stone

asked 2008-12-20T15:20:58.777

10

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7

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Assertion messages: assume failure, or assume success

unit-testing language-agnostic testing

asked 2008-12-20T08:40:22.593

28

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24

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In what contexts do programming languages make real use of an Infinity value?

python ruby language-agnostic idioms infinity

asked 2008-12-19T23:54:04.747

12

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6

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What are some other languages that support "partial specialization"?

language-agnostic generics programming-languages partial-specialization

asked 2008-12-18T07:27:26.587

17

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9

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Why would you use a message based system?

language-agnostic message servicebus

asked 2008-12-17T12:59:34.450

17

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4

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When would you use the mediator design pattern

language-agnostic design-patterns mediator

asked 2008-12-17T03:46:01.633

14

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4

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Some (anti-)patterns on using assert (Java, and others)

java language-agnostic assert

asked 2008-12-15T15:42:30.613

9

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5

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Good resources on programming language design?

language-agnostic

asked 2008-12-14T21:16:01.593

12

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4

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Atom Publishing Protocol in real life

web-services language-agnostic atompub

asked 2008-12-14T00:55:47.797

11

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22

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Should I prepare my code for future changes?

language-agnostic

asked 2008-12-12T11:14:34.927

101

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16

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Is it a bad practice to have multiple classes in the same file?

file class oop language-agnostic

asked 2008-12-11T19:50:37.303

9

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17

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How to keep a programming course interesting?

language-agnostic

asked 2008-12-07T19:59:43.387

1033

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18

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What's the difference between faking, mocking, and stubbing?

unit-testing mocking language-agnostic terminology definition

asked 2008-12-06T15:17:46.203

11

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9

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How do I apply gravity to my bouncing ball application?

language-agnostic physics gravity

asked 2008-12-04T21:42:31.933

24

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3

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How do I make an outgoing socket to a SPECIFIC network interface?

network-programming language-agnostic ip

asked 2008-12-02T21:57:12.203

1693

votes

40

answers

Determine Whether Two Date Ranges Overlap

datetime math language-agnostic

asked 2008-11-28T14:48:35.643

52

votes

8

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Calculate when a cron job will be executed then next time

algorithm language-agnostic cron

asked 2008-11-26T17:26:31.127

71

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8

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Is a double really unsuitable for money?

c# language-agnostic decimal currency

asked 2008-11-25T08:49:41.077

16

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8

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Do you put the error condition first or last?

language-agnostic coding-style

asked 2008-11-24T21:22:03.710

1145

votes

10

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What is tail call optimization?

algorithm recursion language-agnostic tail-recursion tail-call-optimization

asked 2008-11-22T06:56:32.053

12

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6

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Algorithm to match preferred partners into groups of three

algorithm language-agnostic grouping graph-theory matching

asked 2008-11-17T00:57:28.537

14

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11

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Best practices for developers in dealing with clients

language-agnostic

asked 2008-11-15T10:26:25.097

216

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12

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What is an existential type?

language-agnostic types type-systems existential-type

asked 2008-11-15T07:31:00.803

401

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182

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What are five things you hate about your favorite language?

programming-languages language-agnostic

asked 2008-11-11T22:14:43.663

137

votes

9

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What are bitwise operators?

boolean language-agnostic bitwise-operators boolean-logic

asked 2008-11-09T23:59:26.307

26

votes

9

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Secret santa algorithm

algorithm language-agnostic graph-theory

asked 2008-11-07T20:34:27.843

9

votes

5

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Techniques for adding Achievements to business class software

language-agnostic design-patterns

asked 2008-11-07T15:57:33.690

154

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12

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Inheritance vs. Aggregation

oop inheritance language-agnostic aggregation

asked 2008-11-06T17:16:46.090

37

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8

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Drawing a Topographical Map

algorithm language-agnostic visualization bezier topographical-lines

asked 2008-11-04T20:25:30.373

484

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16

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What is the meaning of the term "thread-safe"?

multithreading language-agnostic programming-languages concurrency

asked 2008-11-04T12:14:05.203

11

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9

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Testing with random inputs best practices

unit-testing language-agnostic

asked 2008-11-01T20:28:14.973

98

votes

11

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Best way to format if statement with multiple conditions

if-statement formatting language-agnostic

asked 2008-10-31T10:15:17.880

9

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13

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Adjacent number algorithm grouper

algorithm language-agnostic

asked 2008-10-29T03:52:35.550

17

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4

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UML : Internal class in a class diagram

language-agnostic uml diagram

asked 2008-10-27T15:59:35.583

16

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27

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Making a system call that returns the stdout output as a string

language-agnostic terminology

asked 2008-10-25T17:44:53.717

194

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20

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What is "loose coupling?" Please provide examples

oop language-agnostic loose-coupling

asked 2008-10-22T18:23:09.233

18

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17

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What is the most common mistake you make while writing unit tests?

unit-testing language-agnostic

asked 2008-10-17T19:28:54.393

519

votes

14

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What is an NP-complete in computer science?

algorithm language-agnostic mathematical-optimization theory np-complete

asked 2008-10-17T01:25:36.013

61

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24

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Try to describe polymorphism as easy as you can

language-agnostic oop polymorphism

asked 2008-10-16T22:00:09.050

50

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24

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How to name variables

language-agnostic naming conventions

asked 2008-10-15T03:24:52.310

137

votes

55

answers

How do I check if a number is a palindrome?

algorithm language-agnostic

asked 2008-10-13T22:10:39.153

753

votes

31

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What is the difference between a deep copy and a shallow copy?

language-agnostic copy deep-copy shallow-copy

asked 2008-10-08T20:22:42.850

228

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34

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How many parameters are too many?

parameters language-agnostic

asked 2008-10-06T16:14:48.670

221

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33

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Array versus linked-list

arrays data-structures linked-list language-agnostic

asked 2008-10-03T13:35:53.110

91

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7

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registers vs stacks

language-agnostic vm-implementation stack-based

asked 2008-10-02T19:32:50.437

Questions tagged language-agnostic