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Theoretical question deal with topics that do not generally have immediate practical uses. Please be careful when using this tag: your question may be more appropriate for the Computer Science Stack Exchange site.

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Learning the Theory Behind Programming

If you are more interested in learning new paradigms and languages without so much of the theory behind languages, another option is The Pragmatic Programmers' Seven Languages in Seven Weeks. …
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Where (if there is) is the IEEE glossary newer than 1990?

Like Mat says in his comment, IEEE Standard 610-1990 has been withdrawn (effective April 20, 2001), which means that it is no longer maintained and the information may be obsolete or erroneous. Altho …
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Why SW quality is said to be contextual..isn't it true for quality of anything?

There's nothing in the quoted section that indicates that only software quality is dependent on the context. Since the book is about software quality, it makes sense that it takes about software compo …
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What is the purpose of a Code Review

There are multiple reasons why you would want to conduct a code review: Education of other developers. Ensure that everyone sees the modification associated with a defect fix or enhancement so that …
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How to reflect "functional quality" when implementing ISO 250XX, which is quality model of n...

I think you are misunderstanding, since "quality is a non-functional attribute" doesn't make sense. The ISO 25000 series of standards, known as SQuaRE, are all about requirements related to the qualit …
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