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I've always thought of upstream and downstream along the lines of an actual stream, where the flow of information is like water. So upstream is where water/data comes from (e.g. an HTTP request) an...
Saturnian asked 2/9, 2015 at 23:6
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I quite often see on the Internet various complaints that other peoples examples of currying are not currying, but are actually just partial application.
I've not found a decent explanation of wha...
Extraterrestrial asked 20/10, 2008 at 10:41
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How I Can use a variable outside the function where it was declared?
$(function() {
function init() {
var bwr_w = $(window).width();
}
init();
$('#button').click(function() {
alert('The Brow...
Blunk asked 13/4, 2011 at 10:58
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I'm a fairly experienced C/C++ (and to some degree, Java) programmer. I'm learning python, but I'm baffled at some strange (for my backgroung) behaviors of the language.
I'm learning about nested...
Repose asked 21/1, 2019 at 11:22
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In a module, do you have to both create declarations in a .ixx file and definitions in a .cpp file, or do you just put everything in a .ixx file? Is there anything else that I should know about mod...
Apophthegm asked 24/3, 2022 at 0:8
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I see a lot of different typedef usages in many C courses and examples.
Here is the CORRECT way to do this (example from ISO/IEC C language specification draft)
typedef struct tnode TNODE;
struct ...
Upshaw asked 25/2, 2022 at 19:39
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A coworker had never heard of this, and I couldn't provide a real definition. For me, it's always been an instance of 'I-know-it-when-I-see-it'.
Bonus question, who originated the term?
Scoundrel asked 21/10, 2010 at 21:38
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What units are used in network terminology? Where do we use them?
I know the following - but I'm not sure what their meaning is:
Fragment
Segment
Packet
Frame
Datagram
Can they be assigned to ...
Horner asked 24/7, 2012 at 17:45
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I have heard that the Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) is a fundamental principle of object oriented design. What is it and what are some examples of its use?
Boys asked 11/9, 2008 at 15:17
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The Rust Book makes several references to the word "item", which confers the word a technical meaning in the context of the Rust programming language. For example, see Chapter 07-03:
The...
Stines asked 7/12, 2020 at 17:35
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What I want is, for example, to change the css background color of navigations bar of .navbar-default, which can be done by .navbar-default{background-color:#000;}
But I want is, to see the full c...
Handrail asked 6/6, 2017 at 10:42
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What does Weak Head Normal Form (WHNF) mean? What does Head Normal form (HNF) and Normal Form (NF) mean?
Real World Haskell states:
The familiar seq function evaluates an expression to what we
cal...
Titrate asked 29/7, 2011 at 12:13
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I've started playing with Git and have come across the terms "upstream" and "downstream". I've seen these before but never understood them fully. What do these terms mean in the context of SCMs (So...
Judicature asked 29/4, 2010 at 17:18
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Can someone clarify the meaning of these terms? Are tracked files any files that have, at some point, been added to the stage? Is the "index" the same as the "stage"? Are all staged files tracked, ...
Drill asked 24/7, 2017 at 23:8
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The Open/Closed Principle states that software entities (classes, modules, etc.) should be open for extension, but closed for modification. What does this mean, and why is it an important principle...
Quiroz asked 12/9, 2008 at 13:48
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When someone talks about hydrating an object, what does that mean?
I see a Java project called Hydrate on the web that transforms data between different representations (RDMS to OOPS to XML). Is t...
Ressieressler asked 9/8, 2011 at 3:41
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I've been testing global variables, defining and declaring, and I stopped at this situation:
main.c:
#include "stdio.h"
void func(void);
int a;
int main(void) {
a = 20;
printf("i...
Sheepherder asked 26/4, 2021 at 16:9
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What is the Zephyr ASDL and how does it relate to other compiler technologies like lexers and parser generators?
(I would appreciate it if you were reasonably complete, but point to oth...
Sesame asked 15/1, 2012 at 20:30
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I was reading this question on SO:
Framework vs. Toolkit vs. Library
where is explained difference between framework and library. General opinion is that main difference is in Inversion of Control,...
Yolanda asked 5/9, 2011 at 15:52
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A file has a filename and an extension and these are usually written with a dot (a full stop) between them as a delimiter. This description tells us that the dot is not a part of the extension but ...
Hetaera asked 20/3, 2018 at 13:54
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In order to do runtime transformations in Babel you need to require and use babel-core/register. I have no idea what register means in this sense, i.e. the actual definition.
The page isn't very h...
Whitefish asked 11/2, 2016 at 21:1
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What is the difference between distributed computing and cloud computing?
Coad asked 26/3, 2012 at 4:50
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Because in C the array length has to be stated when the array is defined, would it be acceptable practice to use the first element as the length, e.g.
int arr[9]={9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7};
Then use a fu...
Kinney asked 28/1, 2021 at 12:44
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I'm reading "Introduction to Algorithm" by CLRS. In chapter 2, the authors mention "loop invariants". What is a loop invariant?
Bisset asked 11/7, 2010 at 2:7
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I am trying to relearn C++ after taking an intro course a few years ago and I’m having some basic problems. My current problem occurs when trying to use a friend function. Here is my code in 2 file...
Sherwood asked 28/7, 2013 at 3:14
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