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Delphi: What is Application.Handle?

What is TApplication.Handle? Where does it come from? Why does it exist? And most importantly: why do all forms …

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Why does std::map operator[] create an object if the key doesn't exist?

I'm pretty sure I already saw this question somewhere (comp.lang.c++? Google doesn't seem to find it there either) …

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Why are drand48() and friends obsolete?

After all, they seem superior to the standard libc rand(). Have I missed something? (I have spent some time searching …

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