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What does it mean to “program to an interface”?

I have seen this mentioned a few times and I am not clear on what it means. When and why would you do ...

April 18, 2022
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Strangest language feature

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April 16, 2022
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What is an idempotent operation?

What is an idempotent operation? 15 s 15 In computing, an idempotent operation is one that has no additional effect if it is ...

April 15, 2022
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What is the difference between concurrency and parallelism?

What is the difference between concurrency and parallelism? Examples are appreciated. 3 38

April 13, 2022
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What are bitwise shift (bit-shift) operators and how do they work?

I’ve been attempting to learn C in my spare time, and other languages (C#, Java, etc.) have the same concept (and often the ...

April 12, 2022
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Prefer composition over inheritance?

Why prefer composition over inheritance? What trade-offs are there for each approach? When should you choose inheritance over composition? 3 33

April 10, 2022
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