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When to use C over C++, and C++ over C?

c++ c

apr 8 at 11:14 Ali 1

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Why is C not considered an 'object-oriented' language?

object-oriented procedural

oct 12 '11 at 2:17 Community♦ 1

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For what reasons should I choose C# over Java and C++?

java programming-languages c# c++

feb 2 at 16:37 Community♦ 1

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Why are there so many competing filesystem designs? [closed]

standards file-systems standardization

oct 12 '11 at 7:11 cl-r 19

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Why do languages such as C and C++ not have garbage collection, while Java does?

garbage-collection

oct 15 '11 at 3:59 Ben Voigt 1,737

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Why does Garbage Collection only sweep the heap?

data garbage-collection

oct 9 '11 at 19:50 nalply 144

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Does Microsoft have a free version of Visual Studio? [closed]

windows visual-studio

apr 23 at 19:23 Jalayn 6,429

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Module vs. Package?

python packages modules

oct 1 '11 at 21:51 Yam Marcovic 4,605

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What are some common examples of a Parallelizable problem?

parallelism parallel-programming implicit-parallelism

nov 21 '11 at 18:26 Dark Templar 1,847

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Do exceptions basically exist to prevent a system from crashing?

exceptions exception-handling

oct 17 '11 at 8:12 mouviciel 9,732

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When do 'static functions' come into use?

static-methods

oct 14 '11 at 0:20 Bob 101

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Why do we need a Heap if everything can be done much more efficiently on the Stack?

stack heap

oct 11 '11 at 3:42 James Anderson 8,968

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Could it be more efficient for systems in general to do away with Stacks and just use Heap for memory management?

memory

oct 27 at 19:09 supercat 670

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Using vim: Is there a way to automatically un-tab everything in your source file by using a command?

vim

sep 23 '11 at 1:40 Firstrock 121

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RDF and OWL: Have these delivered the promises of the Semantic Web?

semantics semantic-web ontology

jun 8 '12 at 16:02 William Greenly 161

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Is there a general rule for when you should use 'make clean' instead of just 'make'?

c++ builds make

sep 25 '11 at 18:43 Zachary K 8,639

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Why has the rate of programming language popularization slowed down in recent decades? [closed]

programming-languages c++ c programming-practices

oct 28 '11 at 18:21 DeadMG 21.7k

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Why in the world does a heap need to make sure it allocates in 8-byte alignments?

heap word

oct 10 '11 at 20:53 Dark Templar 1,847

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Multithreaded Programming? [closed]

programming-practices multithreading

mar 8 at 0:49 Glenn Nelson 5,343

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Data Structures: What are some common examples of problems where “buffers” come into action?

data-structures buffers

nov 25 '11 at 22:52 Péter Török 35k

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What's the difference between static and dynamic binding? [closed]

methods binding

oct 2 '11 at 4:03 Community♦ 1

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Why is there an emacs vs. vim debate? [closed]

vim emacs editor

sep 17 '11 at 23:34 MainMa 39.4k

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Heaps: Why is there a tradeoff between amount of space occupied (fragmentation), and speed at which operations are carried out?

heap allocation fragmentation malloc

mar 4 at 2:44 World Engineer♦ 14.9k

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Are there some good algorithms for implementing a Heap that minimizes fragmentation?

heap fragmentation

oct 11 '11 at 19:51 TMN 7,119

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Why do interrupts need to be turned off when inside other interrupt code?

exceptions

sep 18 '11 at 2:33 Anon 41

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THREADS: Kernel threads vs. Kernel-supported threads vs. User-level threads?

multithreading

sep 14 '11 at 9:53 David Schwartz 3,308

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At a higher level description, how is DLMALLOC supposed work?

heap malloc

oct 12 '11 at 18:00 Pubby 2,136

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What responsibilities does a Management Information Systems job entail?

management information systems

oct 19 '11 at 12:57 Jeremy 4,112

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How do you move a directory from your machine to a server that you are SSH'ed into? [closed]

shell directory-structure

oct 10 '11 at 4:11 Winston Ewert 7,362

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When the shell prints “TBD: create a test thread to print info from the Test object”, what does the 'TBD' stand for?

c++ terminology shell

jul 21 '12 at 22:22 gnat 12.4k

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