I'm not sure if this type of question is allowed here, but it is related to software projects. Is there a difference between scalable and extensible? Is extensible a sub-set of scalable? I....

I am reading a paper on dependently-typed programming and came across the following quote: "[...] in contrast to Haskell's type classes, the data type [...] is closed", in the sense that one canno...

I was wondering is it possible to extend the Android Contacts database? From here - http://d.android.com/reference/android/provider/ContactsContract.html It says: ContactsContract defines an e...