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Lightness Races in Orbit
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What are "class methods" and "instance methods", in Python?
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Should I be using advanced techniques most of the time at my new job just because I can?
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Why isn't protection against SQL injection a high priority?
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Can the "level 256 bug" in the game of Pacman be considered an unhandled segfault?
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Help in understanding computer science, programming and abstraction
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What is benefit that a compiler is implemented in the same language it compiles?
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How wrong is it to talk about C++ "methods" (versus "member functions")?
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