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718
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Can code that is valid in both C and C++ produce different behavior when compiled in each language?
c++
c
asked Oct 14, 2012 at 23:54
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best-practices
bold
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473
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If strings are immutable in .NET, then why does Substring take O(n) time?
c#
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string
substring
time-complexity
asked Jul 19, 2011 at 6:05
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285
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c
performance
switch-statement
assembly
jump-table
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260
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How can I turn on (literally) ALL of GCC's warnings?
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compiler-warnings
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stackoverflow.com
209
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Intuitively, what is the difference between Eigendecomposition and Singular Value Decomposition?
linear-algebra
eigenvalues-eigenvectors
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math.stackexchange.com
200
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How to remove the whitespace BEFORE itemize/enumerate?
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145
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Physical meaning of the null space of a matrix
linear-algebra
matrices
vector-spaces
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math.stackexchange.com
139
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What is the "FS"/"GS" register intended for?
assembly
x86
cpu-architecture
cpu-registers
memory-segmentation
asked May 30, 2012 at 4:57
stackoverflow.com
135
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CPU Privilege Rings: Why rings 1 and 2 aren't used?
x86
cpu
privileges
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