I know that != is "not equal", but what does it mean when you have this: if(!$something) My first guess is something to do with exceptions, but a look around google did not return anything. So ...

I understand this is a subjective question, so I apologize if it needs to be closed, but I feel like it comes up often enough for me to wonder if there is a general preference for one form over the...

I come from a c style languages, so I am natural in using != as not equal, but when I came to Python, from the documentation I read, I learned that for this purpose the <> operator is used. ...

While perusing through my organization's source repository I came across this little gem: RawParameterStorage[!ParameterWorkingIdx][ParameterDataOffset] = ... Is this valid code? (It compiles) W...

I have this piece of code (taken from this question): var walk = function(dir, done) { var results = []; fs.readdir(dir, function(err, list) { if (err) return done(err); var pending = list....

Is there any advantage, except indicating an explicit conversion, to using a double not operator in JavaScript? It often seems that these days, people like to check for existence of new APIs ...

Could someone explain to me why the mask is not shifted to the right at all? You can use anything in place of that 1 and the result will be the same. unsigned mask = ~0 >> 1; printf("%u\n", ...

I keep seeing code that does checks like this if (IsGood == false) { DoSomething(); } or this if (IsGood == true) { DoSomething(); } I hate this syntax, and always use the following syntax....