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How are strings simultaneously objects and primitive data types in C#?
In C#, strings can be used like objects with methods, properties, and other features of objects. At the same time, strings are treated the same as primitive data types like int or float in numerous ...
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What's the reason exceptions are heavily used in managed (C# and Java) languages but not in C++? [closed]
AFAIK, a lot of C++ projects don't allow exceptions and deny them in coding guidelines. I have a lot of reasons, for example, exception is hard to handle correctly if your binary needs to be compiled ...
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Why would one prefer C# (ASP.NET MVC) or Java (JSP) instead of PHP for web applications/projects [closed]
I'm wondering, why would one (consider it not just a single developer, but a company) prefer C# or Java for web applications? What's their considerations regarding the question. I mean, a company, has ...
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Why do C# and Java use reference equality as the default for '=='?
I've been pondering for a while why Java and C# (and I'm sure other languages) default to reference equality for ==.
In the programming I do (which certainly is only a small subset of programming ...
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Past If statements Arrays, loops... Now what?
I gave up on programming a little over a year ago when I kept hitting this wall. I am revisiting the subject because I want to create basic Android application. But I feel that my limited knowledge ...
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How would a new language look if it was designed from scratch to be easy to TDD?
With the some most common languages (Java, C#, Java, etc) it sometimes seems that you are working at odds with the language when you want to fully TDD your code.
For example, in Java and C# you will ...
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For what reasons should I choose C# over Java and C++? [closed]
C# seems to be popular these days. I heard that syntactically it is almost the same as Java. Java and C++ have existed for a longer time. For what reasons should I choose C# over Java and C++?
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What can and can't the Garbage Collector do?
Will the GC take care of all memory management issues (memory leaks) ?
Is there any case where you don't want the GC to take control of some part of your code ?
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Do the young minds need to learn the pointer concepts?
Why did the C master Dennis Ritchie introduce pointers in C? And why did the other programming languages like VB.NET or Java or C# eliminate them? I have found some points in Google, and I want to ...