I want to control whether my ostream outputting of chars and unsigned char's via << writes them as characters or integers. I can't find such an option in the standard library. For now I have ...

I want to test whether all assumptions for my linear regression model hold. I did this manually and it seems to be fine. However, I want to double check with the function gvlma. The output I ...

In the past I have used C++ as a programming language. I know that the code written in C++ goes through a compilation process until it becomes object code "machine code". I would like to know how ...

If, for instance, I type help(bagof). into the Prolog REPL, a window pops up with some documentation, the first line of which reads bagof(+Template, :Goal, -Bag). Are the arguments Template, Goal...

In this article an equation is used I don't understand: I = (e + B) * L + m * L I is the byte representation of a float interpreted as an integer. Here is an example: float x = 3.5f; unsigned...

This is a purely theoretical question, I wouldn't write this code normally, for clarity's sake. Why is this quite ambiguous statement legal int a = 1, b = 2; int c = a---b; // a=0, b=2, c=-1 (...

Redis supports lua scripting. Using eval command, we can execute a lua script in redis. Is the lua script compiled or interpretted when redis calls a lua script?

One can interpret the lambda calculus in Haskell: data Expr = Var String | Lam String Expr | App Expr Expr data Value a = V a | F (Value a -> Value a) interpret :: [(String, Value a)] -> E...

I just had a conversation with a colleague and where were talking about the V8 JavaScript engine. According to Wikipedia, V8 compiles JavaScript to native machine code [...] before executing it,...

What is the interpretation of the following quoted sentences from UML Reference Manual? When an orthogonal state is entered, the number of control threads increases as a direct substate in each o...

I've read many definitions and statements about "Interpretation" and "compilation". But I am still very much confused. Technically speaking, what is REALLY the difference between interpretation an...

I am toying around with the idea of building an online C# interpreter, a bit like Codepad. Now there are obvious security issues: Infinite loops System.Diagnostics.Process.Start Pretty much the w...

I am trying to understand the practical difference during the execution of a program in Decode and dispatch interpretation and Threaded interpretation. Example of both will really help. I unders...

This question is regarding the order of precedence for the media-types of the HTTP Header "Accept-Encoding" when all are of equal weight and has been prompted by this comment on my blog. Backgroun...