Stephen C

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Are Thread.stop and friends ever safe in Java?

java multithreading asked Aug 16 '09 at 2:07

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Password strength checking library

java passwords asked Jul 8 '10 at 2:21

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Gift reward offered after accepting an answer

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Cost of using weak references in Java

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6 votes

Disposing of old questions that are now off-topic

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5 votes

Tomcat - making the login page content different depending on how the user got there

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5 votes

Is it good practice to compare Color objects with == ?

java asked Apr 23 '11 at 0:56

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How can I obfuscate my Perl script to make it difficult to reverse engineer?

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What should every programmer know about programming?

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Should a senior developer refuse to take paper exams during an interview?

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Is writing dead code useful?

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Find the Smallest Integer Not in a List

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Why is creating a Thread said to be expensive?

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How can I generate Javadoc comments in Eclipse?

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Is Java “dead in the water” as a consequence of Oracle buying Sun and subsequently suing Google

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When is a version control commit too large?

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'this' in Java: How does it work?

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Why does new String(“”) compile while char c = '' does not?

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How to remove line breaks from a file in Java?

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Break statements In the real world

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Will Java still be relevant in 5 years?

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Is 1/0 a legal Java expression?

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Is it safe to use Project Lombok?

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can't call String.isEmpty() in android

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What's the canonical retort to “it's open source, submit a patch”?

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Initialize arrays using ternary operator

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What is the greatest design flaw you have faced in any programming language?

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In java “string” == “string” is false why?

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Java final modifier

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up to first N characters

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Why is it a bad practice to call System.gc?

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Pointless Code In Your Source

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Why do they make stuff so complicated?

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Is Corba Legacy?

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