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earned this badge 19 times.
Why do interrupts need to be turned off when inside other interrupt code?
Awarded Jan 18 at 20:16
Could it be more efficient for systems in general to do away with Stacks and just use Heap for memory management?
Awarded Jul 4, 2021 at 18:10
Why are there so many competing filesystem designs? [closed]
Awarded Mar 3, 2021 at 21:20
Do exceptions basically exist to prevent a system from crashing?
Awarded Nov 13, 2017 at 20:09
At a higher level description, how is DLMALLOC supposed work?
Awarded Jan 24, 2016 at 14:49
Is there a way to automatically un-tab everything in your source file by using a command? [closed]
Awarded Dec 4, 2014 at 12:23
Is there a general rule for when you should use 'make clean' instead of just 'make'?
Awarded Nov 17, 2014 at 21:05
Why does Garbage Collection only sweep the heap?
Awarded Nov 1, 2014 at 8:19
What's the difference between static and dynamic binding? [closed]
Awarded Jun 7, 2014 at 18:51
What responsibilities does a Management Information Systems job entail? [closed]
Awarded Feb 12, 2014 at 15:40
Why do we need a Heap if everything can be done much more efficiently on the Stack?
Awarded Nov 10, 2013 at 22:54
When do 'static functions' come into use?
Awarded Sep 12, 2013 at 8:23
THREADS: Kernel threads vs. Kernel-supported threads vs. User-level threads?
Awarded Mar 15, 2013 at 2:30
Module vs. Package?
Awarded Dec 25, 2012 at 8:52
Does Microsoft have a free version of Visual Studio? [closed]
Awarded Dec 19, 2012 at 12:36
Why do languages such as C and C++ not have garbage collection, while Java does? [closed]
Awarded Oct 14, 2012 at 16:50
Why is C not considered an 'object-oriented' language?
Awarded Jun 27, 2012 at 15:06
For what reasons should I choose C# over Java and C++? [closed]
Awarded May 1, 2012 at 19:54
When to use C over C++, and C++ over C?
Awarded Nov 23, 2011 at 18:51

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