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Top Questions
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When and why did high-level language compilers start targeting assembly language rather than machine code?
assembly
compilers
asked May 25 '20 at 18:08
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Was the design of MS-BASIC for 6502 based on MS-BASIC for 8080?
basic
6502
microsoft-basic
asked Oct 28 '17 at 17:47
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Is this use of unions strictly conforming?
c
gcc
clang
strict-aliasing
asked Sep 13 '17 at 19:49
stackoverflow.com
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Best pattern for WFI (wait-for-interrupt) on Cortex (ARM) microcontrolers
arm
cortex-m3
sleep
asked Apr 5 '11 at 16:35
electronics.stackexchange.com
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Was the value of thorn pawns fully appreciated in decades past?
pawns
terminology
asked Dec 13 '18 at 8:35
chess.stackexchange.com
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Touching matchsticks with compass and straightedge
math
geometry
matches
asked Jan 30 '15 at 3:00
puzzling.stackexchange.com
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Cycle counting with modern CPUs (e.g. ARM)
microcontroller
arm
programming
cortex-m3
asked Jul 6 '11 at 16:05
electronics.stackexchange.com
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What replacements are available for formerly-widely-supported behaviors not defined by C standard
c
language-lawyer
undefined-behavior
asked Apr 15 '15 at 16:23
stackoverflow.com
15
votes
Did any microcomputers back in the day accellerate standard-cassette performance
cassette-tape
8-bit-microcomputers
asked May 14 '16 at 16:04
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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votes
How are 6502 and 65C02 JMP(abs) processed internally
6502
asked Aug 12 '16 at 18:30
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Top Answers
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Why is the 0 next to 9, not next to 1?
ux.stackexchange.com
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Call one constructor from another
stackoverflow.com
115
Why did the Apple IIe make a hideous noise if you inserted the disk upside down?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
97
What is the point of finally in a try catch/except finally statement
stackoverflow.com
80
Why doesn't Java 8 include immutable collections?
softwareengineering.stackexchange.com
74
What is the difference between Flash memory and EEPROM?
electronics.stackexchange.com
69
Why is the time constant 63.2% and not 50% or 70%?
electronics.stackexchange.com
66
What is the best file compression of random binary data that you can achieve?
stackoverflow.com
63
Why did C use the -> operator instead of reusing the . operator?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
59
How can anyone use a microcontroller which has only 384 bytes of program memory?
electronics.stackexchange.com
58
Why are Edison screws allowed to be used?
electronics.stackexchange.com
56
Why is “log and throw” considered an anti-pattern?
stackoverflow.com
54
When are lock free data structures less performant than mutual exclusion (mutexes)?
stackoverflow.com
52
How can this structure have sizeof == 0?
stackoverflow.com
52
What character is the MS-DOS cursor?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
51
Why are old CPUs like MOS Technology 6502 and Motorola 68000 considered better for real time systems applications than modern x86 based CPUs?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
48
What does the “x” in “x86” represent?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
45
Hash table vs Balanced binary tree
stackoverflow.com
45
Does pressing a car remote many times offer denial of service attack for rolling codes?
security.stackexchange.com
44
What is the difference between a fluent interface and the Builder pattern?
stackoverflow.com
42
Efficiently checking if a number is divisible by 3
codereview.stackexchange.com
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Why is 3333360 the maximum score in Pac-Man?
gaming.stackexchange.com
41
Why are mutable structs “evil”?
stackoverflow.com
40
Typical dpi of dot matrix printers available in the 1980s
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
40
Why do I get an error instantiating an interface?
stackoverflow.com
39
Why should a function have only one exit-point?
stackoverflow.com
37
What's so great about ARM?
electronics.stackexchange.com
37
What was the first mainstream advanced debugger?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
36
Why is blue used as a background color to indicate no signal?
ux.stackexchange.com
36
Why is merge sort worst case run time O (n log n)?
stackoverflow.com
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