User Stephen C - Software Engineering Stack Exchange

177 votes

How do operating systems… run… without having an OS to run in?

answered Oct 24, 2012 at 5:11

128 votes

Should curly braces appear on their own line?

answered Sep 27, 2010 at 4:43

111 votes

Accepted

What is the exact ingenuity of Unix pipe

answered Dec 12, 2015 at 3:04

92 votes

What should every programmer know about programming?

answered Sep 9, 2010 at 14:15

89 votes

Accepted

Name for this antipattern? Fields as local variables

answered Aug 31, 2012 at 14:41

85 votes

Accepted

Java: "Heap pollution"

answered Jul 8, 2012 at 9:10

83 votes

Should Junior Programmers be involved as code reviewers in the projects of Senior Programmers?

answered Feb 12, 2013 at 10:44

80 votes

Why did Alan Kay say, "The Internet was so well done, but the web was by amateurs"?

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 3:11

74 votes

Accepted

Is big-O really that relevant when working in industry?

answered Nov 23, 2010 at 11:58

70 votes

Accepted

When is a version control commit too large?

answered Oct 10, 2010 at 5:36

67 votes

Accepted

Is writing dead code useful?

answered May 17, 2011 at 9:24

54 votes

Accepted

Is there an antipattern to describe this method of coding?

answered Nov 14, 2012 at 14:41

53 votes

Accepted

Company wants thoughts about their site during interview

answered Aug 15, 2011 at 9:48

50 votes

Accepted

Force other developers to call method after completing their work

answered Mar 28, 2017 at 7:57

38 votes

Is there a conventional way to combine file path strings?

answered Jan 2, 2015 at 6:10

36 votes

Is there a reason that tests aren't written inline with the code that they test?

answered Feb 25, 2013 at 13:38

34 votes

Accepted

Can I use Apache Software License, Version 2.0 and GNU LGPL 3 licence plugins in my commercial web application?

answered Mar 6, 2014 at 13:34

31 votes

What's the canonical retort to "it's open source, submit a patch"?

answered Apr 16, 2011 at 0:19

31 votes

Accepted

What is the purpose of the "non-endorsement clause" in the New BSD license?

answered Jan 29, 2011 at 7:25

30 votes

Accepted

Will Java still be relevant in 5 years?

answered Sep 8, 2010 at 8:28

30 votes

Accepted

What discipline does Computer Science belong to?

answered Nov 14, 2010 at 7:36

28 votes

Were the first assemblers written in machine code?

answered Jan 9, 2012 at 5:09

25 votes

What's your favourite quote about programming?

answered Sep 5, 2010 at 11:17

21 votes

Accepted

Is recursion an instance of being "too clever" when programming?

answered Dec 10, 2010 at 8:03

21 votes

What is the greatest design flaw you have faced in any programming language?

answered Mar 6, 2011 at 0:50

21 votes

Why does java.util.ArrayList allow to add null?

answered Sep 3, 2012 at 14:50

21 votes

Why are we supposed to use short functions to sectionalize our code?

answered Sep 4, 2013 at 4:37

20 votes

Accepted

Why are semicolons and commas interchanged in for loops?

answered Apr 21, 2013 at 23:02

20 votes

Pointless Code In Your Source

answered Aug 21, 2011 at 2:39

19 votes

Checking "instanceof" rather than value using a switch statement

answered Feb 20, 2013 at 9:35

Stack Exchange Network

287 Answers

How do operating systems… run… without having an OS to run in?

Should curly braces appear on their own line?

What is the exact ingenuity of Unix pipe

What should every programmer know about programming?

Name for this antipattern? Fields as local variables

Java: "Heap pollution"

Should Junior Programmers be involved as code reviewers in the projects of Senior Programmers?

Why did Alan Kay say, "The Internet was so well done, but the web was by amateurs"?

Is big-O really that relevant when working in industry?

When is a version control commit too large?

Is writing dead code useful?

Is there an antipattern to describe this method of coding?

Company wants thoughts about their site during interview

Force other developers to call method after completing their work

Is there a conventional way to combine file path strings?

Is there a reason that tests aren't written inline with the code that they test?

Can I use Apache Software License, Version 2.0 and GNU LGPL 3 licence plugins in my commercial web application?

What's the canonical retort to "it's open source, submit a patch"?

What is the purpose of the "non-endorsement clause" in the New BSD license?

Will Java still be relevant in 5 years?

What discipline does Computer Science belong to?

Were the first assemblers written in machine code?

What's your favourite quote about programming?

Is recursion an instance of being "too clever" when programming?

What is the greatest design flaw you have faced in any programming language?

Why does java.util.ArrayList allow to add null?

Why are we supposed to use short functions to sectionalize our code?

Why are semicolons and commas interchanged in for loops?

Pointless Code In Your Source

Checking "instanceof" rather than value using a switch statement