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Is there any technical reason why, in programming, the default date format is YYYYMMDD and not something else?

answered Sep 25, 2018 at 9:00

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Can you change code distributed under the MIT license, and re-distribute it under the GPL license?

answered Sep 5, 2011 at 12:15

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How do you make people accept code review?

answered Aug 21, 2009 at 7:45

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What are 4th & 5th programming language generations? Are there more of them?

answered Jan 5, 2015 at 14:37

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What are the safety benefits of a type system?

answered Oct 25, 2013 at 6:54

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Novice programmer(s) frustrated by lack of a glossary of compiler errors

answered May 18, 2018 at 22:42

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What constitutes "distributing" for LGPL v3

answered Jan 23, 2012 at 8:57

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How have languages influenced CPU design?

answered Jul 31, 2012 at 12:04

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Can a closed-source programming language survive?

answered Jul 23, 2014 at 10:36

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How to validate a given domain is owned by the user?

answered Sep 25, 2014 at 14:13

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Completion time on a company where the supervisors don't know programming

answered Apr 27, 2012 at 10:42

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Why do all <algorithm> functions take only ranges, not containers?

answered Mar 5, 2014 at 15:26

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Legal ramifications of use of the JavaScript trademark?

answered Feb 20, 2012 at 9:33

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Is Scrum incompatible with public tenders?

answered Mar 7, 2018 at 14:57

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Why do C arrays not keep track of their length?

answered Apr 28, 2014 at 20:22

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Has any language become greatly popular for something other than its intended purpose?

answered May 30, 2011 at 10:28

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OS Development in C++ Questions

answered May 23, 2011 at 15:05

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What is needed to deploy an application that uses Microsoft's new LocalDB?

answered Jul 15, 2011 at 11:39

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Why is Big O taught instead of Big Theta?

answered Aug 8, 2011 at 12:37

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What causes floating point rounding errors?

answered Aug 15, 2011 at 13:50

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Non-viral open source license but with clause for source disclosure?

answered Feb 13, 2012 at 13:28

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Is a large increase in velocity realistic in a Scrum environment?

answered Sep 17, 2013 at 6:43

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Use of raw pointer of std::vector

answered Jan 6, 2015 at 15:20

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Is it legal to recreate/opensource a program that you previously coded for another company

answered Sep 29, 2011 at 11:04

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Graphic card for parallel programming vs traditional methods

answered Jun 27, 2011 at 14:17

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Why does C++ have 'undefined behaviour' (UB) and other languages like C# or Java don't?

answered Sep 21, 2019 at 23:18

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Should the STL be avoided in large applications?

answered May 22, 2018 at 21:54

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Is there a practical use for dependent types?

answered Nov 18, 2019 at 10:58

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Is there any legal issue for copying javascript code to website

answered Aug 1, 2011 at 11:07

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Why do programmers use one-based indexing for line numbers in source code?

answered Sep 20, 2011 at 11:19

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Is there any technical reason why, in programming, the default date format is YYYYMMDD and not something else?

Can you change code distributed under the MIT license, and re-distribute it under the GPL license?

How do you make people accept code review?

What are 4th & 5th programming language generations? Are there more of them?

What are the safety benefits of a type system?

Novice programmer(s) frustrated by lack of a glossary of compiler errors

What constitutes "distributing" for LGPL v3

How have languages influenced CPU design?

Can a closed-source programming language survive?

How to validate a given domain is owned by the user?

Completion time on a company where the supervisors don't know programming

Why do all <algorithm> functions take only ranges, not containers?

Legal ramifications of use of the JavaScript trademark?

Is Scrum incompatible with public tenders?

Why do C arrays not keep track of their length?

Has any language become greatly popular for something other than its intended purpose?

OS Development in C++ Questions

What is needed to deploy an application that uses Microsoft's new LocalDB?

Why is Big O taught instead of Big Theta?

What causes floating point rounding errors?

Non-viral open source license but with clause for source disclosure?

Is a large increase in velocity realistic in a Scrum environment?

Use of raw pointer of std::vector

Is it legal to recreate/opensource a program that you previously coded for another company

Graphic card for parallel programming vs traditional methods

Why does C++ have 'undefined behaviour' (UB) and other languages like C# or Java don't?

Should the STL be avoided in large applications?

Is there a practical use for dependent types?

Is there any legal issue for copying javascript code to website

Why do programmers use one-based indexing for line numbers in source code?