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Lat Long or Long Lat

There seems to be no standard whether Longitude,Latitude or Latitude,Longitude should be used. WSG84 and stuff based directly …

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Where can I find the OFFICIAL Java Coding/Style Standards?

I use CheckStyle plugin for Eclipse and it does a wonderful job. I would like to know if there an …

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Why are Standard iterator ranges [begin, end) instead of [begin, end]?

Why does the Standard define end() as one past the end, instead of at the actual end?

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Non-Standard Attributes on HTML Tags. Good Thing? Bad Thing? Your Thoughts?

HTML (or maybe just XHTML?) is relatively strict when it comes to non-standard attributes on tags. If they aren't part …

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Are `typedef` and `struct` inside of a function standard in C?

I used some code like this: void A() { typedef struct B B; struct B { }; B b; }; typedef and struct definition …

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Preparation for std::iterator Being Deprecated

On March 21st the standards committee voted to approve the deprecation of std::iterator proposed in P0174: The long sequence …

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Order of evaluation in C++ function parameters

If we have three functions (foo, bar, and baz) that are composed like so... foo(bar(), baz()) Is there any …

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When to use ellipsis after menu items

In pretty much all applications that have a menu bar, some of the items have an ellipsis (...) after them, and …

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Why default return value of main is 0 and not EXIT_SUCCESS?

The ISO 1998 c++ standard specifies that not explicitly using a return statement in the main is equivalent to use return 0. …

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Which browsers support the <embed> and <object> tags?

I am working on a department website that needs to be standards compliant (xhtml 1.0 transitional), but embedded flash keeps breaking …

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