User Kaz

48 votes

Is there an excuse for short variable names?

answered Nov 20, 2012 at 23:59

23 votes

In C++ why and how are virtual functions slower?

answered Mar 23, 2013 at 0:29

16 votes

Accepted

How do interactions between objects work?

answered Jun 3, 2021 at 17:11

15 votes

What does 'enumerable' mean?

answered May 28, 2013 at 2:51

14 votes

Is it a good idea to provide different function signatures that do the same thing?

answered Jan 17, 2013 at 19:46

13 votes

Accepted

Do non-pure interpreters still make the guarantees of functional programming?

answered Apr 18, 2012 at 19:52

12 votes

Accepted

Colons in internationalized UI

answered Apr 4, 2014 at 17:53

11 votes

Case insensitive keywords in a language

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 21:13

10 votes

When does "proper" programming no longer matter?

answered Nov 21, 2012 at 0:18

9 votes

Is there any "real" reason multiple inheritance is hated?

answered Nov 14, 2013 at 19:39

8 votes

Since Garbage Collection is non-deterministic, why isn't it used for secure random number generation?

answered Nov 4, 2013 at 4:47

8 votes

Why are semicolons and commas interchanged in for loops?

answered Apr 22, 2013 at 1:45

8 votes

Interface implementation where one method body remains empty

answered Jun 23, 2021 at 20:00

6 votes

Why is the empty list used as the list terminator in Lisp?

answered Apr 16, 2012 at 22:26

6 votes

Why the static data members have to be defined outside the class separately in C++ (unlike Java)?

answered Apr 20, 2012 at 6:00

6 votes

Forcing people to read and understand code instead of using comments, function summaries and debuggers?

answered Jun 15, 2013 at 18:22

6 votes

Is there any way to get faster at solving bugs? I've just had a warning from my boss

answered May 16, 2013 at 20:18

6 votes

In languages that don't allow underscores in integer constants, is it a good practice to create a constant for 1 billion?

answered May 25, 2013 at 2:32

6 votes

Why does the Lisp community prefer to accumulate all the parentheses at the end of the function?

answered Dec 16, 2015 at 2:16

5 votes

Accepted

Untyped lambda calculus: Why is call-by-value strict?

answered May 27, 2013 at 17:40

5 votes

What is the advantage of currying?

answered Feb 1, 2013 at 21:48

5 votes

When should pointers be checked for NULL in C?

answered Feb 5, 2013 at 22:59

5 votes

Why aren't young programmers interested in mainframes?

answered Jan 15, 2013 at 2:38

4 votes

Detecting misusage of delete[] vs. delete at compile time

answered Feb 13, 2013 at 16:32

4 votes

Writing commit messages as a solo developer?

answered Apr 30, 2012 at 22:45

4 votes

Should we design programs to randomly kill themselves?

answered Jun 22, 2013 at 19:23

4 votes

Is fewer lines of code always better?

answered Jul 4, 2013 at 21:30

4 votes

"Easy to reason about" - what does that mean?

answered Jun 21, 2017 at 1:56

3 votes

Should I be worried about overengineering programming assignments given during interview process?

answered Jun 19, 2013 at 17:17

3 votes

Why is 0 false?

answered May 16, 2013 at 1:16

Stack Exchange Network

82 Answers

Is there an excuse for short variable names?

In C++ why and how are virtual functions slower?

How do interactions between objects work?

What does 'enumerable' mean?

Is it a good idea to provide different function signatures that do the same thing?

Do non-pure interpreters still make the guarantees of functional programming?

Colons in internationalized UI

Case insensitive keywords in a language

When does "proper" programming no longer matter?

Is there any "real" reason multiple inheritance is hated?

Since Garbage Collection is non-deterministic, why isn't it used for secure random number generation?

Why are semicolons and commas interchanged in for loops?

Interface implementation where one method body remains empty

Why is the empty list used as the list terminator in Lisp?

Why the static data members have to be defined outside the class separately in C++ (unlike Java)?

Forcing people to read and understand code instead of using comments, function summaries and debuggers?

Is there any way to get faster at solving bugs? I've just had a warning from my boss

In languages that don't allow underscores in integer constants, is it a good practice to create a constant for 1 billion?

Why does the Lisp community prefer to accumulate all the parentheses at the end of the function?

Untyped lambda calculus: Why is call-by-value strict?

What is the advantage of currying?

When should pointers be checked for NULL in C?

Why aren't young programmers interested in mainframes?

Detecting misusage of delete[] vs. delete at compile time

Writing commit messages as a solo developer?

Should we design programs to randomly kill themselves?

Is fewer lines of code always better?

"Easy to reason about" - what does that mean?

Should I be worried about overengineering programming assignments given during interview process?

Why is 0 false?