Use this tag for PROGRAMMING QUESTIONS that are independent of any particular programming language.
This has to be a common question that all programmers have from time to time. How do I read a …
file-io language-agnostic programming-languagesI know this might seem like an absolutely silly question to ask, yet I am too curious not to ask... …
variables language-agnosticI read some articles discouraging of the use of DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, as the the path of dynamic library should …
language-agnostic macos dynamic-linking dllGiven a list of words, how would you go about arranging them into a crossword grid? It wouldn't have to …
algorithm crossword language-agnosticA reddit thread brought up an apparently interesting question: Tail recursive functions can trivially be converted into iterative functions. Other …
language-agnostic recursion iterationThere's a common error that gets thrown by the Visual C Runtime: This application has requested the Runtime to terminate …
windows language-agnostic msvcrtThere are plenty of performance questions on this site already, but it occurs to me that almost all are very …
performance optimization language-agnosticEveryone is aware of Dijkstra's Letters to the editor: go to statement considered harmful (also here .html transcript and here .…
language-agnostic gotoThere's been a cluster of Perl-hate on Stack Overflow lately, so I thought I'd bring my "Five things you hate …
programming-languages language-agnosticIt looks like we'll be adding CAPTCHA support to Stack Overflow. This is necessary to prevent bots, spammers, and other …
security language-agnostic captcha