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I read through the Wikipedia article Existential types. I gathered that they’re called existential types because of the existential operator (∃). I’m not ...

May 31, 2022
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Are there any legitimate use-cases for “goto” in a language that supports loops and functions?

I’ve long been under the impression that goto should never be used if possible. However, while perusing libavcodec (which is written in C) ...

May 28, 2022
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Can every recursion be converted into iteration?

A reddit thread brought up an apparently interesting question: Tail recursive functions can trivially be converted into iterative functions. Other ones, can be ...

May 27, 2022
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What does ‘foo’ really mean? [closed]

Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Closed 1 year ago. Locked. This question and its answers are locked ...

May 24, 2022
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When should I use Debug.Assert()?

I’ve been a professional software engineer for about a year now, having graduated with a CS degree. I’ve known about assertions for a ...

May 23, 2022
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Real world use cases of bitwise operators [closed]

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May 21, 2022
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GOTO still considered harmful? [closed]

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May 17, 2022
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