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What is the purpose of .PHONY in a Makefile?

makefile phony-target asked Jan 27, 2010 at 9:08

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1553 votes

What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'?

shell terminal console tty terminology asked Nov 16, 2010 at 20:06

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676 votes

/usr/bin vs /usr/local/bin on Linux

filesystems binary asked Mar 5, 2011 at 17:57

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568 votes

How to delete a character from a string using Python

python string asked Aug 24, 2010 at 18:06

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439 votes

Why do we use Base64?

algorithm character-encoding binary ascii base64 asked Aug 21, 2010 at 15:21

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347 votes

What does "rc" in .bashrc stand for?

bash bashrc history asked Oct 24, 2010 at 4:49

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297 votes

How to sort in-place using the merge sort algorithm?

arrays algorithm sorting mergesort in-place asked Apr 3, 2010 at 11:04

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254 votes

What exactly is a reentrant function?

c++ c recursion thread-safety reentrancy asked May 9, 2010 at 20:14

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220 votes

How to specify level of compression when using tar -zcvf?

linux compression tar gzip asked Jul 1, 2011 at 18:00

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214 votes

What are CLOSE_WAIT and TIME_WAIT states?

windows networking port tcpip asked Aug 8, 2010 at 19:23

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Go to first line in a file in vim?

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Undo/Redo implementation

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What does "rc" in .bashrc stand for?

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How can I autoformat/indent C code in vim?

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Why is it wrong to use std::auto_ptr<> with standard containers?

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Sandbox archive

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Sandbox archive

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Generate list of all possible permutations of a string

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How does Duff's device work?

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How can I pack ordered text into an arbitrary 2D polygon?

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best articles about organizing code files in C

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Please identify this 8-bit racing game for me!

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How can I download an entire website?

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Shall I prefer constants over defines?

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Why use binary search if there's ternary search?

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Will my audience understand the phrase "lead time"?

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Refusing a user permission to click a URL

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Where are some useful SQL puzzles to teach SQL in a workplace?

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C difference between *[] and **

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Firefox add-ons with a rich look and feel

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