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Duplicate code to avoid performance decrease due to function calls? [closed]
I have a simple list in Java that I need to search using one of two methods. The first method simply returns the position in the list of the first matching element. The second filters out any elements ...
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In Java, why use bit hacks when non-bitwise technique it is more readable?
Is there any legitimate use for bit manipulation hacks in higher-level languages such as Java?
I can see them being useful in speed-sensitive low-level and computation-intensive programs, e.g. ...
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When does "proper" programming no longer matter?
I've been building an android game in my spare time. It's using the libgdx library so quite a bit of the heavy lifting is done for me.
While developing, I carelessly selected datatypes for some ...
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