Top "Comparison" questions

Questions about data comparison and efficient ways to accomplish it.

Best way to compare std::strings

What is the best way to compare std::strings? The obvious way would be with if/else: std::string input; …

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Compare files with awk

Hi I have two similar files (both with 3 columns). I'd like to check if these two files contains the same …

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How to improve Visual C++ compilation times?

I am compiling 2 C++ projects in a buildbot, on each commit. Both are around 1000 files, one is 100 kloc, the other 170 …

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Bullet vs Newton Game Dynamics vs ODE physics engines

I am trying to pick a physics engine for a simple software application. It would be to simulate a rather …

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Flash versus Flex

I've tried looking everywhere for a concise list of the advantages and disadvantages of using Flex vs. Flash. Coming from …

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Suggestion to which C++ 3D engine is better between Ogre, Irrlicht and OpenSceneGraph

I'm quite familiar with 3d graphics (I developed a little and simple 3d game engine for an academic project). But …

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Eclipse PDT vs. NetBeans for PHP development

How does Eclipse PDT compare to NetBeans for PHP development? I just bought a new computer with Windows 7 and I'm …

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No applicable method for 'anti_join' applied to an object of class "factor"

I want to Identify the rows present in dataframe1 which are not present in dataframe2 based on a particular column. …

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How to compare enum with associated values by ignoring its associated value in Swift?

After reading How to test equality of Swift enums with associated values, I implemented the following enum: enum CardRank { case …

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Recommended IRC server (ircd) for a small site?

The situation: I want to play around with IRC bots as general communications interfaces to other code I am investigating. …

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