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When to use a Parser Combinator? When to use a Parser Generator?

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How to store ordered information in a Relational Database

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Why is the Git .git/objects/ folder subdivided in many SHA-prefix folders?

asked Nov 1, 2015 at 14:46

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What is a Comonad and how are they useful?

asked Jun 16, 2016 at 11:30

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When to use inheritance, when to use 'just a boolean field'?

asked May 23, 2016 at 14:55

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Why are the punctuation characters in the ASCII table all over the place?

asked Sep 13, 2016 at 11:36

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How can a compiler be written for a language that allows rewriting code at runtime (such as Lisp macros)?

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Data structure for two-dimensional board games in Functional languages

asked Jun 15, 2016 at 20:26

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Is it possible to define all bitwise operators using a 'bitwise nand' similar to how all boolean logic can be built using just 'boolean nand'?

asked Aug 31, 2016 at 20:31

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Mutex vs Semaphore: How to implement them _not_ in terms of the other?

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Forth: How do CREATE and DOES> work exactly?

asked Jan 2, 2017 at 12:46

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What is the fastest algorithm to find what point of Type 1 is closest for each point of Type 2 on a rectangular grid?

asked Mar 13, 2017 at 17:48

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Why does the C stdio 'ungetc' function exist?

asked Sep 4, 2016 at 21:34

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Why does Erlang provide built-in ordering (sorting) of the basic data types?

asked May 13, 2016 at 5:50

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How to represent a three-dimensional (or more) data structure in a terminal?

asked Jul 7, 2016 at 20:59

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Why are arbitrary-precision decimals used over rational numbers in practice?

asked Aug 25, 2016 at 10:58

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Best way to choose random element from weighted list

asked Sep 4, 2013 at 18:45

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how to enumerate/generate all possible binary trees from N leaves and N-1 nodes?

asked Oct 28, 2014 at 15:12

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How to pick a random move/action/element non-probabilistically?

asked Jun 10, 2015 at 12:19

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How to store (and find) updated values in a Distributed Hash Table?

asked Sep 27, 2015 at 10:12

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Why do some prominent web sites use alphanumeric strings for resource IDs instead of numbers?

asked Nov 3, 2015 at 18:28

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Logic Programming(Unification) vs List Comprehensions (in Functional Programming)

asked Mar 24, 2016 at 12:16

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How to gracefully handle unsupported browsers?

asked Oct 1, 2013 at 10:59

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Finding the shortest path in a fully-connected undirected graph

asked Mar 26, 2017 at 11:02

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How to build an optimal tree given items costs and edge costs?

asked Mar 19, 2017 at 16:16

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What is the logic behind Media types' type+subtype combinations?

asked Nov 4, 2018 at 11:25

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1 answer

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In what other locations besides infinite streams and infinite lists is memoized lazyness useful?

asked Sep 10, 2018 at 14:48

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1 answer

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Algorithm to create a superincreasing sequence

asked Sep 15, 2016 at 21:13

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Looking to simulate the rolling of a ball around a roulette wheel, while the resulting number is already known

asked Jun 14, 2014 at 15:05

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4 answers

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What web oriented language would work best with binary data? [closed]

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30 Questions

When to use a Parser Combinator? When to use a Parser Generator?

How to store ordered information in a Relational Database

Why is the Git .git/objects/ folder subdivided in many SHA-prefix folders?

What is a Comonad and how are they useful?

When to use inheritance, when to use 'just a boolean field'?

Why are the punctuation characters in the ASCII table all over the place?

How can a compiler be written for a language that allows rewriting code at runtime (such as Lisp macros)?

Data structure for two-dimensional board games in Functional languages

Is it possible to define all bitwise operators using a 'bitwise nand' similar to how all boolean logic can be built using just 'boolean nand'?

Mutex vs Semaphore: How to implement them _not_ in terms of the other?

Forth: How do CREATE and DOES> work exactly?

What is the fastest algorithm to find what point of Type 1 is closest for each point of Type 2 on a rectangular grid?

Why does the C stdio 'ungetc' function exist?

Why does Erlang provide built-in ordering (sorting) of the basic data types?

How to represent a three-dimensional (or more) data structure in a terminal?

Why are arbitrary-precision decimals used over rational numbers in practice?

Best way to choose random element from weighted list

how to enumerate/generate all possible binary trees from N leaves and N-1 nodes?

How to pick a random move/action/element non-probabilistically?

How to store (and find) updated values in a Distributed Hash Table?

Why do some prominent web sites use alphanumeric strings for resource IDs instead of numbers?

Logic Programming(Unification) vs List Comprehensions (in Functional Programming)

How to gracefully handle unsupported browsers?

Finding the shortest path in a fully-connected undirected graph

How to build an optimal tree given items costs and edge costs?

What is the logic behind Media types' type+subtype combinations?

In what other locations besides infinite streams and infinite lists is memoized lazyness useful?

Algorithm to create a superincreasing sequence

Looking to simulate the rolling of a ball around a roulette wheel, while the resulting number is already known

What web oriented language would work best with binary data? [closed]