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Why the sizeof(bool) is not defined to be one, by the Standard itself?

Size of char, signed char and unsigned char is defined to be 1 byte, by the C++ Standard itself. I'm wondering …

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Why can't I have a numeric value as the ID of an element?

Working on a project, nearly finished and just tidying up the HTML and I find out that you're not really …

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IE9 letter-spacing problem

I have a page that renders ok, in FF (3x, 4x), Chrome, IE (6, 7, 8). When tested on IE9 the texts are …

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What should happen to template class static member variables with definition in the .h file

If a template class definition contains a static member variable that depends on the template type, I'm unsure of what …

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How many versions of the C++ Standards are there?

In C there's C89, C99, and C11; what about C++? Is there any upgrade since it came out?

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Should I learn XML 1.0 or XML 1.1?

I know that a well-formed XML 1.1 is not necessarily a well-formed XML 1.0 and vice-versa. I want to learn xml formally …

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Normalizing Human Skin Colors for User Interaction

A while ago I came across this answer that introduced me to the obscure (at least for me) ISO 5218: a …

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What size should I allow for strerror_r?

The OpenGroup POSIX.1-2001 defines strerror_r, as does The Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.1. But I can find no …

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Is there a way to make an enum unsigned in the C90 standard? (MISRA-C 2004 compliant)

I'm trying to find a way to make an enum "unsigned". enum{ x1 = 0, x2, x3 }; uint8_t = x2; /* <--- …

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An alternative to reading input from Java's System.in

I’m working on the UVa Online Judge problem set archive as a way to practice Java, and as a …

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