User dan04

56 votes

Why is #include <iostream.h> bad?

answered Dec 26, 2011 at 20:55

44 votes

Did the developers of Java consciously abandon RAII?

answered Nov 8, 2011 at 5:51

24 votes

Why shouldn't an object reference have access to a static member in C#

answered Jul 17, 2014 at 13:09

22 votes

Why do we need to put N before strings in Microsoft SQL Server?

answered Jul 14, 2012 at 3:56

20 votes

What is the greatest design flaw you have faced in any programming language?

answered Mar 5, 2011 at 17:08

18 votes

Are C and/or C++ viable/practical options for web development?

answered Jan 28, 2012 at 18:24

16 votes

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Why are there so many spaces and line breaks in Unicode?

answered Jan 30, 2011 at 5:21

14 votes

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Does Java promote a separation between class definitions and implementations, as is C++?

answered Nov 9, 2011 at 8:54

12 votes

"Ever change the value of 4?" - how did this come into Hayes-Thomas quiz?

answered Aug 31, 2014 at 6:36

11 votes

Pointer indexing

answered Jul 8, 2014 at 13:32

9 votes

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Storage of value types and reference types in .net

answered Mar 29, 2012 at 3:37

9 votes

Should UTF-16 be considered harmful?

answered Aug 1, 2010 at 5:25

8 votes

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Do you think that storing a variable length encoding in std::string or std::wstring is OK and do you do it?

answered Jan 28, 2011 at 5:20

7 votes

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Why use sealed instead of static on a class?

answered Nov 11, 2011 at 9:28

7 votes

Eliminating Magic Numbers: When is it time to say "No"?

answered Mar 10, 2011 at 3:21

7 votes

Is (1/(1/x)) always a perfect round trip?

answered Apr 3, 2013 at 1:45

6 votes

Why are statements in many programming languages terminated by semicolons?

answered Mar 29, 2012 at 2:55

6 votes

What does "set" mean in programming languages like C#?

answered Feb 2, 2022 at 22:11

6 votes

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"bug" in C++11 text by Stroustrup?

answered May 29, 2014 at 0:32

5 votes

Why do we keep using CSV?

answered Feb 15, 2011 at 1:33

4 votes

Has variable width types been replaced by fixed types in modern C?

answered Jun 26, 2015 at 5:22

4 votes

Should character encodings besides UTF-8 (and maybe UTF-16/UTF-32) be deprecated?

answered Jan 28, 2011 at 1:45

3 votes

Can there be too much uniformity in coding standards?

answered Jan 22, 2011 at 17:19

3 votes

Should data structures be integrated into the language (as in Python) or be provided in the standard library (as in Java)?

answered Apr 5, 2011 at 13:25

3 votes

Is it ok to use localized character encodings for code?

answered Apr 13, 2011 at 23:24

3 votes

What limitation will we face if each user-perceived character is assigned to one codepoint?

answered Dec 9, 2011 at 0:52

3 votes

Does C# give you "less rope to hang yourself" than C++?

answered Aug 27, 2012 at 8:06

3 votes

Date as software version number

answered Jan 19, 2012 at 17:16

3 votes

Giving a double type for sqrt library function in C

answered Jun 1, 2013 at 15:26

2 votes

Can "return this" pattern be optimized to no cost performance?

answered Jan 27, 2016 at 22:23

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41 Answers

Why is #include <iostream.h> bad?

Did the developers of Java consciously abandon RAII?

Why shouldn't an object reference have access to a static member in C#

Why do we need to put N before strings in Microsoft SQL Server?

What is the greatest design flaw you have faced in any programming language?

Are C and/or C++ viable/practical options for web development?

Why are there so many spaces and line breaks in Unicode?

Does Java promote a separation between class definitions and implementations, as is C++?

"Ever change the value of 4?" - how did this come into Hayes-Thomas quiz?

Pointer indexing

Storage of value types and reference types in .net

Should UTF-16 be considered harmful?

Do you think that storing a variable length encoding in std::string or std::wstring is OK and do you do it?

Why use sealed instead of static on a class?

Eliminating Magic Numbers: When is it time to say "No"?

Is (1/(1/x)) always a perfect round trip?

Why are statements in many programming languages terminated by semicolons?

What does "set" mean in programming languages like C#?

"bug" in C++11 text by Stroustrup?

Why do we keep using CSV?

Has variable width types been replaced by fixed types in modern C?

Should character encodings besides UTF-8 (and maybe UTF-16/UTF-32) be deprecated?

Can there be too much uniformity in coding standards?

Should data structures be integrated into the language (as in Python) or be provided in the standard library (as in Java)?

Is it ok to use localized character encodings for code?

What limitation will we face if each user-perceived character is assigned to one codepoint?

Does C# give you "less rope to hang yourself" than C++?

Date as software version number

Giving a double type for sqrt library function in C

Can "return this" pattern be optimized to no cost performance?