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Piyush Kansal

Stony Brook, NY

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Age: 30

I am Masters student in Computer Science at Stony Brook University. My interest is in Large Scale Computing and Operating Systems.

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What is the single most influential book every programmer should read?

resources Feb 21 '12 at 21:02 Roger Pate
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603 votes
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Calling an external command in Python

python command external 6 hours ago imagineerThis
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What do “branch”, “tag” and “trunk” mean in Subversion repositories?

svn tags branch glossary trunk Oct 30 '12 at 22:54 Steve M
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487 votes
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Using global variables in a function other than the one that created them

python global-variables Apr 29 at 18:26 Gerald Kaszuba
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445 votes
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Python: How do I pass a variable by reference?

python reference pass-by-reference Mar 29 at 4:41 Raymond Hettinger
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What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered?

comments Nov 19 '11 at 2:24 Brian
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319 votes
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In the shell, what is “ 2>&1 ”?

shell unix redirect May 22 at 6:07 F. Hauri
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307 votes
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Does Django Scale?

python django web-applications scalability Jun 16 at 22:05 Misa Lazovic
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270 votes
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MyISAM versus InnoDB

mysql database performance innodb myisam May 28 at 7:03 sparkes
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242 votes
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Git: clone a specific branch

git git-branch git-clone Apr 17 at 9:30 Ripon Al Wasim
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235 votes
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How to find list of possible words from a letter matrix [Boggle Solver]

algorithm puzzle Jun 1 at 10:14 user2442957
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220 votes
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Directory listing in Python

python filesystems Jan 15 at 15:27 Jerub
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195 votes
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ASCII value of a character in python

python ascii Aug 14 '11 at 5:23 Tony Meyer
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172 votes
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Import existing source code to github

git github 2 days ago Łukasz Niemier
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Converting string into datetime

python django datetime Apr 26 '12 at 11:27 Ben Blank
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How to find all the tables in MySQL with specific column names in them?

mysql information-schema Oct 9 '12 at 10:51 Ken
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Difference between binary semaphore and mutex

operating-system mutex semaphore glossary May 17 at 19:55 Steve M
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Image comparison - fast algorithm

image algorithm comparison computer-vision May 16 at 8:38 alvatar
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How to combine 2 or more querysets in a Django view?

django search django-queryset Nov 26 '12 at 21:42 vutran
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Python - Determine the type of an object?

python types Jan 31 at 0:08 MiguelMunoz
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Python: read file line by line into array

python string file yesterday atomh33ls
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Why does the C++ STL not provide any “tree” containers?

c++ stl tree May 3 at 10:56 Roddy
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Convert byte array to Python string

python string python-3.x bytearray Aug 22 '12 at 12:57 J.F. Sebastian
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32-bit vs. 64-bit systems

64-bit operating-systems 32-bit computer-architecture cpu-architecture Dec 12 '12 at 14:00 Marco van de Voort
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How do I print the full value of a long string in gdb?

c++ c string debugging gdb Jan 18 '12 at 11:05 therefromhere
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Class method differences in Python: bound, unbound and static

python Aug 16 '10 at 6:58 Török Gábor
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How do you return multiple values in Python?

python coding-style Jun 5 at 6:28 hop
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smart pointers (boost) explained

c++ boost smart-pointers Mar 5 '12 at 5:25 Sasha
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How do I install the Sun Java SDK in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric and later versions?

java ubuntu sdk sun Nov 23 '12 at 15:43 Community
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Most efficient way to store thousand telephone numbers

algorithm data-structures Oct 21 '11 at 1:05 dannyman
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