Questions tagged [difference]
Comparison or difference in meaning between two or more concepts. For code synchronization or compare and merge algorithms use [diff]
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Proving two XML schema's are functionally equivalent
I work for a standards organization that publishes an exchange standard using XSD files.
These XSD files are being generated from a model with a tool, and now we want to change to a new tool.
Because ...
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What's the difference between MongoDB Query API and MondoDB Query Language?
So I've been trying to understand the difference between MongoDB's Query API and its Query Language but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer.
I've been reading the MongoDB Docs and it is ...
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universally understood file-diff format
I've always assumed that the output from diff (typically "unified", whether or not it's colorized) is universally understood among most if not all text-based language programmers. Whether it's used ...
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Design patterns / Names for data consolidation [closed]
I'm new to coding and I don't know how what I'm trying to do is called, and I want to find out so I can do more research and not re-invent the wheel. I looked for things such as data consolidation/...
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Algorithm to identify differences between two sorted data sets
PROBLEM STATEMENT: Print the items that differ between the following two left and right sorted data sets:
A A
B C
C D
D E
G F
H EOF
EOF
The proposed solution ...
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Is there an "anti-hash" or "similarity hash" / similarity measure algorithm?
The idea of hashes is they get drastically different results for even the smallest change of data.
What I am asking for is the opposite of that. An algorithm that will produce proximity hash values ...
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Solve Synchronization
I want to solve Synchronization with a Message Queue
In the wikipedia page of message queue, I read:
Most messaging systems support both the publisher/subscriber and message queue models in their ...
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What's the most practically efficient way to store differences in adjacent matrix values?
I am implementing a certain algorithm that works like this:
Create a closed contour (list) of elements in a matrix, where closed means that the last element is adjacent (by row, column) to the first.
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Difference between admin and super admin? [closed]
In our company we use the term admin and super admin.
Admin - refers to the person who will handle the users, this is preferably from the external (maybe a manager of our client)
Superadmin - refers ...
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Stable, Hash Based Symmetrical Difference
A lot of thought went into the implementation of the set algorithms in LINQ: Distinct, Except, Intersect and Union. They guarantee that the items are returned in the same order that they appear in ...
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How to implement differential backups without keeping copies of the original files on disk?
I am responsible for the design and development of a cloud backup application. Currently we are using xDelta to do differential backup so that only the changed parts of the files gets uploaded. This ...
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How to Ignore Bracketing Style in Code Comparison / Diff
How to ignore bracketing styles when doing code comparisons or diffs? We have several formats of bracketing and I would like:
function foo(){
}
to be considered the same as
function foo()
{
}
Right ...
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Difference between Optimization and Scalability?
If I quote a paragraph from Wikipedia about Optimization:
In computer science, program optimization or software optimization is
the process of modifying a software system to make some aspect of it
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Can we reduce confusion in line-based diff tools by annotating the code with some unique tokens?
Let's say I have
procedure1() {
--body of first procedure--
}
Then I rename it into procedure2 and create a procedure1 above it:
procedure1() {
--body of second procedure--
}
procedure2() {
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Difference between planning a project vs. planning a product
I have read in numerous places that when developing a product you need to take a different approach to when you are developing a project (think "contract" work).
Some differences are:
1) There is no ...
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