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Many languages discourage global variables. Why is this?
PEP20 aka the Zen of Python has a statement: Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those! What exactly are we supposed to "do" according to this? Is it saying we should h...
Consider this code: while(arr[index] != 0) index++; vs while(arr[index] != 0) { index++; } Personally, I prefer the first. The fact that the braces are not needed makes them -- u...
Let's say I have a script that needs the user to set X number of variables at the start. One can either Pass the arguments in on the command line. Start the program and then have the user input...
Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object? Follow-up background notes: This question is for languages that are not exclusively Object-Oriented, for exam...
I'm rather new to using git, so I'm not sure about the best practices regarding it. I have a feature branch branched off, and periodically when the feature needs to be updated I will add some commi...
We have two teams, dev and doc, and I'd like them to have shared access (via git) to a common subset of content. Specifically, I would like the examples that are used in the doc and that are scrip...
I don't understand why American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc and other similar teeny cloud computing platforms still exist, and haven't either gone bankrupt, or been acquired by one of Big Tech...
Which concept is best for managed background services? 1. RunAsync(CancellationToken): interface IWorker { Task RunAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default); } ... IWorker worker =...
In the interest of learning from the mistakes of other people: What is the worst code you ever saw? What made it so bad?
I've noticed that a lot of sites have something like this going on: <div class="has-margin-0 has-padding-4"> <div>...</div> <div>...</div> ... </div>...
Note: This is basically a question from Stack Overflow that was closed for a very long period of time and I fear it might get closed again as primarily opinion based. I am wondering if my ASP.NET C...
I saw at least one compiler (Codewarrior for HC12) warn me if I use a function without using it's return value. Other compilers (clang/gcc) do not issue a warning though, even when using the std=90...
