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When and why did high-level language compilers start targeting assembly language rather than machine code?

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Was the design of MS-BASIC for 6502 based on MS-BASIC for 8080?

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Is this use of unions strictly conforming?

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Best pattern for WFI (wait-for-interrupt) on Cortex (ARM) microcontrolers

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Was the value of thorn pawns fully appreciated in decades past?

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Touching matchsticks with compass and straightedge

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Did any microcomputers back in the day accellerate standard-cassette performance

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How are 6502 and 65C02 JMP(abs) processed internally

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What replacements are available for formerly-widely-supported behaviors not defined by C standard

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Why do real-time clock chips use BCD

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Top Answers

Why is the 0 next to 9, not next to 1?

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Call one constructor from another

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Why did the Apple IIe make a hideous noise if you inserted the disk upside down?

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What is the point of finally in a try catch/except finally statement

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Why doesn't Java 8 include immutable collections?

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What is the difference between Flash memory and EEPROM?

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Why is the time constant 63.2% and not 50% or 70%?

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What is the best file compression of random binary data that you can achieve?

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Why did C use the -> operator instead of reusing the . operator?

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How can anyone use a microcontroller which has only 384 bytes of program memory?

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Why are Edison screws allowed to be used?

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When are lock free data structures less performant than mutual exclusion (mutexes)?

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What character is the MS-DOS cursor?

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How can this structure have sizeof == 0?

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Why is “log and throw” considered an anti-pattern?

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What does the “x” in “x86” represent?

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Does pressing a car remote many times offer denial of service attack for rolling codes?

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What is the difference between a fluent interface and the Builder pattern?

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Hash table vs Balanced binary tree

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Efficiently checking if a number is divisible by 3

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Why is 3333360 the maximum score in Pac-Man?

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Why are mutable structs “evil”?

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Why should a function have only one exit-point?

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Why do I get an error instantiating an interface?

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What's so great about ARM?

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What was the first mainstream advanced debugger?

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Why is blue used as a background color to indicate no signal?

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Should users be allowed to use any special character they want when creating a password?

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Compiling an application for use in highly radioactive environments

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Why is merge sort worst case run time O (n log n)?

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