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What differentiates the exceptional programmers from the really good ones?

60 votes

In plain English, what is recursion?

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What is wrong with Java's generics?

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I've stopped coding for fun, is this a bad sign?

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Constructor parameter validation in C# - Best practices

28 votes

Why are side-effects considered evil in functional programming?

27 votes

How to prevent deep indentations?

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What's your view on using other people's code?

23 votes

What is idiomatic?

18 votes

What to say when you don’t know the answer to an interview question?

17 votes

My coworker created a 96 columns SQL table

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How do you name your private variables in C#?

8 votes

Is "Computer Science != Software Engineering" an excuse to teach programming poorly?

8 votes

What can be done to programming languages to avoid floating point pitfalls?

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How to make C# methods work like javascript functions?

6 votes

Any real use of pointers in C#?

6 votes

What are some famous one-liner or two-liner programs and equations?

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Is throwing an exception from a property bad form?

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How are hybrid VB6/.Net applications functioning in the Real World?

4 votes

Why are off by one errors so common and what can we do to prevent them?

3 votes

Real world use of C# Delegates

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Should I forward the a call to .Equals onto .Equals<T>?

3 votes

Just how bad is it not to Dispose() SqlConnections?

3 votes

Understanding the difference between mutable and immutable classes

2 votes

Is it normal for programmer to work on multiple projects simultaneously

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What makes it hard to monetize browser extensions?

1 vote

Arguments for storing binary asociations in a single field vs. in a mapping table?

1 vote

What would the general design for an XSD to C# class converter look like?

1 vote

How does one learn to program (and think) the Ruby way?

1 vote

How to define template directives (from an API perspective)?