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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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Cost of using weak references in Java
java
garbage-collection
weak-references
asked Aug 9 '09 at 3:27
stackoverflow.com
26
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Password strength checking library
java
passwords
asked Jul 8 '10 at 2:21
stackoverflow.com
12
votes
Causes of 'java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main Exception in thread “main”'
java
main
nosuchmethoderror
asked Mar 23 '11 at 15:02
stackoverflow.com
10
votes
Gift reward offered after accepting an answer
discussion
asked Sep 3 '11 at 11:01
meta.stackoverflow.com
7
votes
Canonicalizing JSON files
java
ruby
json
asked Sep 25 '12 at 14:09
stackoverflow.com
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votes
Disposing of old questions that are now off-topic
discussion
off-topic
old-questions
popular-question
asked Mar 9 '11 at 23:07
meta.stackoverflow.com
6
votes
Is it good practice to compare Color objects with == ?
java
asked Apr 23 '11 at 0:56
codereview.stackexchange.com
5
votes
Replacement for RequestDumperValve in Tomcat 7
tomcat
logging
tomcat7
asked Apr 15 '11 at 5:56
stackoverflow.com
5
votes
Tomcat - making the login page content different depending on how the user got there
authentication
tomcat
servlets
login
asked Apr 11 '12 at 3:45
stackoverflow.com
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What is x after “x = x++”?
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How do operating systems… run… without having an OS to run in?
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How can I obfuscate my Perl script to make it difficult to reverse engineer?
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93
What should every programmer know about programming?
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85
How can I generate Javadoc comments in Eclipse?
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Name for this antipattern? Fields as local variables
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74
Should a senior developer refuse to take paper exams during an interview?
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63
Is writing dead code useful?
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62
Should Junior Programmers be involved as code reviewers in the projects of Senior Programmers?
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61
Why did Alan Kay say, “The internet was so well done, but the web was by amateurs”?
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58
How to get the current date/time in java
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56
Find the Smallest Integer Not in a List
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56
Why is creating a Thread said to be expensive?
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55
Is big-O really that relevant when working in industry?
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55
Is there an antipattern to describe this method of coding?
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54
Company wants thoughts about their site during interview
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52
How to remove line breaks from a file in Java?
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44
can't call String.isEmpty() in android
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44
Is it possible in Java to catch two exceptions in the same catch block?
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40
Which characters make a URL invalid?
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40
When is a version control commit too large?
programmers.stackexchange.com
35
Remove last character of a StringBuilder?
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34
Is Java “dead in the water” as a consequence of Oracle buying Sun and subsequently suing Google
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33
up to first N characters
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32
Java regular expression value.split(“\\.”), “the back slash dot” divides by character?
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32
Java static class initialization
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32
Is there a reason that tests aren't written inline with the code that they test?
programmers.stackexchange.com
31
'this' in Java: How does it work?
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31
Is it safe to use Project Lombok?
stackoverflow.com
30
Why is it a bad practice to call System.gc?
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