Questions tagged [language-agnostic]

96

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Why would you use an assignment in a condition?

conditional-statements language-agnostic variable-assignment

asked 2008-09-30T05:24:43.737

94

votes

7

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What is a Lambda?

language-agnostic lambda computer-science terminology

asked 2008-09-29T18:56:51.110

45

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15

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Solving the NP-complete problem in XKCD

language-agnostic np-complete

asked 2008-09-26T20:30:38.680

34

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5

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How do you create tests for "make check" with GNU autotools

unit-testing language-agnostic automated-tests autotools

asked 2008-09-25T00:30:36.167

18

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19

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What techniques do you use when writing your own cryptography methods?

security language-agnostic encryption cryptography

asked 2008-09-23T00:17:58.303

37

votes

13

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Why Re-throw Exceptions?

language-agnostic exception

asked 2008-09-22T07:11:16.680

218

votes

13

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What is an invariant?

language-agnostic invariants

asked 2008-09-21T20:42:21.060

78

votes

12

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Conditional logging with minimal cyclomatic complexity

language-agnostic logging coding-style cyclomatic-complexity

asked 2008-09-19T21:38:36.793

56

votes

9

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Why don't languages raise errors on integer overflow by default?

language-agnostic integer language-design integer-overflow

asked 2008-09-19T16:53:10.533

53

votes

28

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What is an ideal variable naming convention for loop variables?

language-agnostic naming-conventions

asked 2008-09-19T10:55:32.340

18

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17

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Why do you not declare several variables of the same type on the same line?

language-agnostic refactoring conventions

asked 2008-09-19T09:06:16.533

22

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22

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Private vs. Public members in practice (how important is encapsulation?)

language-agnostic encapsulation

asked 2008-09-19T04:44:32.293

12

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18

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Where did the concept of Interfaces come from?

language-agnostic interface

asked 2008-09-19T02:06:21.487

178

votes

17

answers

Best general SVN Ignore Pattern?

svn language-agnostic version-control development-environment environment

asked 2008-09-17T16:59:23.947

13

votes

12

answers

What are some games with fairly simple heuristics to evaluate positions?

language-agnostic artificial-intelligence heuristics

asked 2008-09-16T19:52:25.787

283

votes

31

answers

Recursion or Iteration?

performance algorithm language-agnostic recursion

asked 2008-09-16T13:33:24.730

31

votes

2

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The Reuse/Release Equivalence Principle (REP)

oop language-agnostic

asked 2008-09-15T14:02:00.397

160

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129

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What's the shortest code to cause a stack overflow?

language-agnostic code-golf

asked 2008-09-15T11:17:38.467

23

votes

5

answers

Is help file (or user manual) dead?

user-interface language-agnostic documentation

asked 2008-09-13T18:56:49.877

12

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4

answers

Are you fluent in Unicode yet?

language-agnostic unicode internationalization ascii

asked 2008-09-12T14:21:25.757

12

votes

5

answers

How to parse relative time?

c# parsing time language-agnostic

asked 2008-09-10T22:27:51.143

57

votes

15

answers

Algorithm to generate anagrams

algorithm language-agnostic puzzle

asked 2008-09-10T20:15:17.483

56

votes

69

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How to check if the given string is palindrome?

string language-agnostic

asked 2008-09-09T14:24:27.053

2031

votes

37

answers

Prefer composition over inheritance?

language-agnostic oop inheritance composition aggregation

asked 2008-09-08T01:58:15.017

27

votes

16

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Why do most system architects insist on first programming to an interface?

language-agnostic design-patterns interface

asked 2008-09-07T17:40:25.710

14

votes

21

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Efficiently reverse the order of the words (not characters) in an array of characters

algorithm language-agnostic reverse puzzle

asked 2008-09-06T12:09:57.057

691

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25

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Is a GUID unique 100% of the time?

language-agnostic guid

asked 2008-09-02T15:17:22.680

188

votes

6

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When should I mock?

unit-testing language-agnostic mocking

asked 2008-09-01T17:07:24.440

21

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12

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Looking for examples of "real" uses of continuations

ruby language-agnostic scheme smalltalk continuations

asked 2008-08-29T08:07:58.687

15

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11

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How to detect duplicate data?

algorithm language-agnostic duplicate-data

asked 2008-08-28T01:54:18.500

18

votes

11

answers

Simple password encryption

database language-agnostic passwords

asked 2008-08-27T19:17:47.127

37

votes

16

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What makes a language Object-Oriented?

language-agnostic oop programming-languages glossary

asked 2008-08-26T22:28:19.237

9

votes

7

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Rewarding code projects for complete beginners

language-agnostic

asked 2008-08-25T20:21:18.257

485

votes

21

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Expression versus Statement

language-agnostic expression language-features

asked 2008-08-21T00:28:00.263

106

votes

12

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Bootstrapping still requires outside support

compiler-construction language-agnostic bootstrapping

asked 2008-08-17T06:46:11.210

156

votes

9

answers

What is boxing and unboxing and what are the trade offs?

language-agnostic boxing glossary unboxing

asked 2008-08-16T08:34:25.143

20

votes

14

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Checking for string contents? string Length Vs Empty String

string optimization language-agnostic

asked 2008-08-13T19:03:27.683

94

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17

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How to find untracked files in a Perforce tree? (analogue of svn status)

version-control language-agnostic perforce

asked 2008-08-12T21:44:32.070

315

votes

103

answers

Practical non-image based CAPTCHA approaches?

security language-agnostic captcha

asked 2008-08-12T04:59:35.017

941

votes

21

answers

Database, Table and Column Naming Conventions?

database database-design language-agnostic naming-conventions

asked 2008-08-11T10:27:22.780

32

votes

7

answers

HTTP: Generating ETag Header

language-agnostic http webserver header etag

asked 2008-08-07T08:45:07.300

324

votes

86

answers

Best ways to teach a beginner to program?

python language-agnostic

asked 2008-08-06T05:01:16.677

2350

votes

40

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What is Inversion of Control?

oop design-patterns language-agnostic inversion-of-control terminology

asked 2008-08-06T03:35:27.380

12

votes

6

answers

What are some web-based knowledge-base solutions?

language-agnostic

asked 2008-08-05T18:07:26.213

697

votes

38

answers

Learning to write a compiler

compiler-construction language-agnostic

asked 2008-08-04T22:46:36.900

38

votes

10

answers

Windows Help files - what are the options?

windows language-agnostic chm winhelp

asked 2008-08-04T10:43:05.707

23

votes

10

answers

A little diversion into floating point (im)precision, part 1

math language-agnostic floating-point

asked 2008-08-04T06:21:38.293

20

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8

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Efficiently get sorted sums of a sorted list

algorithm language-agnostic

asked 2008-08-03T21:08:54.977

358

votes

23

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What is the fastest way to get the value of π?

performance algorithm language-agnostic unix pi

asked 2008-08-01T05:21:22.257

Questions tagged language-agnostic