Given two date ranges, what is the simplest or most efficient way to determine whether the two date ranges overlap? As an example, suppose we have ranges denoted by DateTime variables StartDate1 to EndDate1 and StartDate2 to EndDate2. 3 36
I’ve been attempting to learn C in my spare time, and other languages (C#, Java, etc.) have the same concept (and often the same operators) … What I’m wondering is, at a core level, what does bit-shifting (<<, >>, >>>) do, what problems can it help solve, and what gotchas lurk around the bend? In … Read more
What is the difference between an abstract method and a virtual method? In which cases is it recommended to use abstract or virtual methods? Which one is the best approach? 2 28 An abstract function cannot have functionality. You’re basically saying, any child class MUST give their own version of this method, however it’s too … Read more
Why prefer composition over inheritance? What trade-offs are there for each approach? When should you choose inheritance over composition? 3 33
Whilst starting to learn lisp, I’ve come across the term tail-recursive. What does it mean exactly? 3 31
Can someone provide a simple explanation of methods vs. functions in OOP context? 3 39
There have been several questions already posted with specific questions about dependency injection, such as when to use it and what frameworks are there for it. However, What is dependency injection and when/why should or shouldn’t it be used? 3 38
Consider the following code: 0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3 -> false 0.1 + 0.2 -> 0.30000000000000004 Why do these inaccuracies happen? 3 31
Yesterday I was pairing the socks from the clean laundry and figured out the way I was doing it is not very efficient. I was doing a naive search — picking one sock and “iterating” the pile in order to find its pair. This requires iterating over n/2 * n/4 = n2/8 socks on average. As … Read more
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