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Why is a named pipe as slow as writing to a file?

fifo asked Dec 10, 2014 at 18:37
unix.stackexchange.com

20 votes

Why do garbage collectors wait before deallocating?

garbage-collection reference-counting asked Jul 15, 2013 at 3:52
stackoverflow.com

14 votes

What valid JSON files are not valid YAML 1.1 files?

json yaml asked Feb 5, 2014 at 18:04
stackoverflow.com

12 votes

Timescale for language divergence at ~10,000 years: Polynesian languages vs languages of the Americas?

evolutionary-linguistics asked Dec 23, 2021 at 20:17
linguistics.stackexchange.com

9 votes

Testing "8-bit readiness" with an emulator or pre-packaged kit

z80 emulation 8-bit-microcomputers software-development-kit sdcc asked Dec 31, 2022 at 4:37
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

9 votes

How do I distribute a Scala macro as a project?

scala maven macros sbt asked Jul 6, 2015 at 0:27
stackoverflow.com

8 votes

Is S-matrix theory a subset of modern quantum field theory?

quantum-field-theory spacetime history s-matrix-theory asked Sep 5, 2020 at 14:31
physics.stackexchange.com

7 votes

In Hadoop Map-Reduce, does any class see the whole list of keys after sorting and before partitioning?

java hadoop mapreduce partitioning partitioner asked Aug 24, 2012 at 21:47
stackoverflow.com

6 votes

Uncertainty in a fractional count

binomial error-propagation ratio asked May 29, 2016 at 23:59
stats.stackexchange.com

6 votes

What declarative language is good at analysis of tree-like data?

sql programming-languages declarative asked Aug 8, 2016 at 14:33
stackoverflow.com

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