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Disadvantages of functional intermediate form
I'm writing an optimizer for a language similar to JavaScript, and need to choose an intermediate code representation. The obvious/typical choice these days is Static Single Assignment (SSA).
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5
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294 views
Is this over-abstraction? (And is there a name for it?)
I work on a large Django application that uses CouchDB as a database and couchdbkit for mapping CouchDB documents to objects in Python, similar to Django's default ORM. It has dozens of model classes ...
3
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17 views
Does responsive web design go against the Separations Of Concerns principle?
I'm wondering how responsive design plays along with the Separations of Concern principle, in respect of how we're allowing a single implementation behave for multiple presentation devices (mobile, ...
3
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63 views
Is AOP possible with VB 6.0
I've been tasked with adding logging to a huge monolithic Visual Basic 6.0 line of business application. The requirements from business included that they do not want a complete overhaul of the code ...
3
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95 views
What does scannerless parsing have to do with the “Dangling Else Problem”?
I do not understand this sentence from the Wikipedia article on the Dangling Else problem:
[The Dangling Else problem] is a problem that often comes up in compiler construction, especially ...
3
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79 views
Where is it appropriate to do input validation in Erlang?
I'm writing a module that runs a finite state machine* based on the contents of an array of records passed in at initialization. Each record describes a state and includes instructions on how to act ...
3
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153 views
How can I benchmark concurrent key-value stores?
I have some concurrent key-value store implementations that are implemented with hash tables and search trees that I would like to compare. I would like to benchmark them with a real world application ...
3
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119 views
OwnCloud App Licensing
I'm a bit confused about the OwnCloud licensing model. OwnCloud is an AGPL licensed product (at least the open source version is). Does that mean that the only license I can use for an OwnCloud app I ...
3
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290 views
Useful design patterns for working with FragmentManager on Android
When working with fragments, I have been using a class composed of static methods that define actions on fragments. For any given project, I might have a class called FragmentActions, which contains ...
3
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using dbus on Android
I would like to know if it is possible to use DBUS on Android using Java. From what I have been searching till now it appears like there is no DBUS programming support on Android. But then bluetooth ...
2
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43 views
Javadoc for a static “overloaded” method
My problem is the following:
I have an interface that requires its implementations to implement a static method, namely void load(). However, until Java 8, it seems we won't get static methods in ...
2
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91 views
Persistent async queue - reviewing various architecture options
I'm writing a system that dispatches reports and need some help with the design:
The requirements in high level:
reports are being created ad hoc
reports are being sent via emails to a list of ...
2
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42 views
Handling Dynamic amount of Strings for persistent and runtime storage in an IOS App
Background
I am dynamically building an FQL query statement and because of the nature of the app, I exclude FB family members, this is the base portion of the query and remains fairly static. The ...
2
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I want to write a data processing & analysis programming language that compiles to SAS. How to go about choosing a language to write my compiler in?
As a side project I wrote a simple macro in SAS to add syntatic sugar to SAS code. I hate how verbose SAS is sometimes!
So my macro looks like this
%macro md(code);
/* expects a superquoted ...
2
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56 views
Build status reporting on javascript project
I have a javascript project which uses Grunt and several plug-ins such as:
jshint
qunit
requirejs optimizer
Not all of the developers run the grunt tasks locally (e.g. jshint, qunit), so they ...
2
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107 views
Proof of the Strassen's matrix multiplication method
The famous Strassen's matrix is a real treat for us,as it reduces the time complexity from the traditional O(n^3) to O(n^2.8).Of all the resources,I have gone through,even Cormen and Steven Skienna's ...
2
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133 views
Designing a Scalable Message Queue Architecture
I have recently started learning the nuances of scalable and enterprise computer architecture, and one of the central components is a messaging queue. In order to learn the most I can from any ...
2
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0answers
108 views
Using gerrit (or similar tool) on a team where multiple devs work on a single feature
We have a team of roughly ~8 devs who regularly work on the same feature over the course of a 3 week sprint. It isn't quite pair programming, but in our current workflow devs regularly push up ...
2
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76 views
Object Constraint Language (OCL) for Stack in java.util package
I have an exam coming up and I'm looking at past papers to get some ideas of what to expect.
I'm a bit stuck on the following one and would really appreciate if someone could give some example ...
2
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121 views
Using absolute paths for build dependencies
Currently we use Source Safe and start migration to Subversion.
All external SDK(> 500 MB) hold in Source Safe now, and I look for way to move them from VSS
to some repository.
We have C++ (mostly), ...
2
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133 views
Entity Framework design help
I'm after some advice as to whether I'm on the right track with what I'm doing. I'm developing a WPF app where I need to retrieve a large graph of entities, work on that graph in the UI (display, ...
2
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0answers
106 views
design practice for business layer when supporting API versioning
Is there any design pattern or practice recommended for business layer when dealing with multiple API version.
For example, I have something like this.
http://site.com/blogs/v1/?count=10
which ...
2
votes
0answers
54 views
How to associate a new/modified changeset with an existing review in VisualStudio 2012
I'm trying out the new Code Review tool in Visual Studio 2012. Which seems okay for the most part, but I've hit a wall in regards to when changes are required.
How should this be handled in a code ...
2
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0answers
60 views
Repeatability of CPU-intensive benchmarks on NUMA hardware
Consider a benchmark of a C++ application. It does little or no I/O in proportion to its overall runtime -- it is compute-intensive. It is a single-threaded program. It pages/reads in all of its data ...
2
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120 views
documentation of typescript code
my question is rather short:
How do I document typescript code properly?
I found out that for projects becoming bigger and bigger, it is important to look at a function and immediately know ...
2
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0answers
102 views
Switching CSS to use asset pipeline in Rails?
I have a lot of legacy CSS files from what was a Rails 2.x app that got upgraded to Rails 3.2.8, and I want to switch over to using the Rails asset pipeline for stylesheets. The issue is, the CSS ...
2
votes
0answers
123 views
What is the good way of sharing specific data between ViewModels
We have IAppContext which is injected into ViewModel.
This service contains shared data: global filters and other application wide properties.
But there are cases when data is very specific. For ...
2
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0answers
154 views
Weird UIView transforms in Retina iPhone
I'm having a problem I don't understand. I'm developing an OpenGL app for iOS. Because at some points I want to force the orientation of the view programatically, and Apple for whatever reason doesn't ...
2
votes
0answers
91 views
Which prediction model for web page recommendation?
I am trying to implement a web page recommendation wherein registered users will be given a recommendation of which page to visit depending upon the previous data.
So with initial study I decided ...
2
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0answers
35 views
When connecting to a server using the DRDA protocol, is it true that the first Client-To-Server command MUST be EXCSAT chained with ACCSEC?
When connecting to a server using the DRDA protocol, is it true that the first Client-To-Server command MUST be EXCSAT chained with ACCSEC?
I found 2 different answers when I googled it.
If you look ...
2
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0answers
82 views
Open Grid Engine or Akka/Something more fault tolerant?
My use case is that I have a pipeline of independent, stand alone programs, that I want to execute in a certain order on specific pieces of data that are output from previous pipeline stages.
The ...
2
votes
0answers
158 views
How best to implement HTML5 support for my validation library
I have created an annotation-based validation library called regula. There seems to be some amount of interest around the framework and the next thing I'd like to do is to support HTML5 validation. ...
2
votes
0answers
130 views
How to process large files in NetLogo?
I am running into problems in NetLogo with large *.csv / *.txt files.
The documents can consist of about 1 million data sets and I need to read them (to eventually create a diagram based on the ...
2
votes
0answers
56 views
XDIME for Mobile Applications
I'm involved in a project that requires to mobile-enable some previously developed Portlets. The Portlets are deployed in WebSphere Portal, and the container offers a technology called IBM Mobile ...
2
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132 views
Design thoughts on a schema based request object for CXF endpoint
Trying to seek design suggestion on a schema based request object for a CXF endpoint. I've created a CXF SOAP endpoint which takes the following object as an input. The request object will have ...
2
votes
0answers
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How do you get the usernames/passwords onto a STUN or TURN server for long-term credential authentication?
The STUN and TURN specifications allow for client authentication using usernames and passwords, and call this authentication via long-term credentials. In fact, TURN requires that clients authenticate ...
2
votes
0answers
153 views
Best design to create dynamic set of questions(controls ) in silverlight web application?
I have around 15 templates (this will grow) and each template will have around 10-15 questions. Each question can have answers in different format like text box, list box, dropdown, radio button etc.
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2
votes
0answers
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How can a client authorize us to collect their data from a service provider?
Our clients need to authorize our partners to release data to us. We can collect this data via a push/pull mechanism. Since our partners have never shared data before, they don't have OAuth ...
2
votes
0answers
185 views
Provide an OnChange event for an internal property which is controlled externally?
For fun and by request I am updating this ImageGrid component, a kind of listbox for images that has a FileNames property of type TStrings.
For ease of writing, I have been misusing its ...
1
vote
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What would be the best approach to make revisions of user content?
I have searched and could not find any information about it. What is the best approach to storing revisions?
I have a website where the user can write a document which can be fairly long (200-300 ...
1
vote
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Dependency properties outside the realm of WPF?
Is there a more general concept or name for what WPF calls "dependency properties"? I imagine this is not a WPF-ism and in fact other libraries or frameworks have employed a similar approach? If so, ...
1
vote
0answers
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Using Sql Server Change Data Capture with a frequently changing schema
We are looking into enabling Sql Server Change Data Capture for a new subsystem we are building.
It's not really because we need it, but we are being pushed for having a complete history ...
1
vote
0answers
69 views
Passing a Context around with dependency injection
In the project I'm working on, I'm using Guice and trying to do as much as possible with Dependency Injection. However, there's one little snag; many of my objects rely on an object Context. This is ...
1
vote
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Does RubyMotion have good libraries/frameworks?
I know Ruby; I refuse to spend time learning Objective-C (tried and strongly disliked it). But I'd really like to develop apps for iOS, and I recently discovered RubyMotion.
But despite some initial ...
1
vote
0answers
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Python Multiprocessing with Queue vs ZeroMQ IPC
I am busy writing a Python application using ZeroMQ and implementing a variation of the Majordomo pattern as described in the ZGuide.
I have a broker as an intermediary between a set of workers and ...
1
vote
0answers
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Getting rid of Massive View Controller in iOS?
I had a discussion with my colleague about the following problem.
We have an application where we need filtering functionality. On any main screen within the upper navigation bar, there is a button ...
1
vote
0answers
55 views
Best way to set up a dev environment for Node.js using AWS s3?
We are getting ready to port part of our app over to node.js, and are looking for a way to support s3 uploads and testing in our development environment. Right now we are thinking about setting up ...
1
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Is the Glade GUI designer a good option for a beginner?
I am a student of Computer Science and I already have basic programming experience in Python 2.x, 3.x, C++, and HTML. I never made a program with a GUI. I have just programmed games, scripts/plugins, ...
1
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Javascript library for Java source code reference
Could you suggest any JS lib, that will "recognize" all Java classes in specified text and create reference link to page with this class? (similar to Eclipse Ctrl+click)
There are plenty of good JS ...
1
vote
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127 views
How to render graphical interface automatically (behind the scenes)
I am trying to write a program that shows images of a Java application's GUI automatically (ie, without someone building, running, and then taking screenshots of the interface).
I know WindowBuilder ...
