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Ukkonen's suffix tree algorithm in plain English

I feel a bit thick at this point. I've spent days trying to fully wrap my head around suffix tree …

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What is tail call optimization?

Very simply, what is tail-call optimization? More specifically, what are some small code snippets where it could be applied, and …

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Interface vs Base class

When should I use an interface and when should I use a base class? Should it always be an interface …

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What is a good Hash Function?

What is a good Hash function? I saw a lot of hash function and applications in my data structures courses …

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What are sessions? How do they work?

I am just beginning to start learning web application development, using python. I am coming across the terms 'cookies' and …

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Getting the closest string match

I need a way to compare multiple strings to a test string and return the string that closely resembles it: …

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What does 'foo' really mean?

I hope this qualifies as a programming question, as in any programming tutorial, you eventually come across 'foo' in the …

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how to always round up to the next integer

i am trying to find total pages in building a pager on a website (so i want the result to …

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When to throw an exception?

I have exceptions created for every condition that my application does not expect. UserNameNotValidException, PasswordNotCorrectException etc. However I was told …

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Calculating a 2D Vector's Cross Product

From wikipedia: the cross product is a binary operation on two vectors in a three-dimensional Euclidean space that results in …

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