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Best Traversing Strategy / Logic Help Needed
Background: Here is the scenario, imagine I have a little Robot. I give this robot a Map, and I want him to traverse the map, after doing so, I want the Robot to tell me the shortest possible path on ...
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Need to find a find a fast/multi-user database program [closed]
Our company is currently utilizing Excel and have been encountering a series of issues for starters we have multiple users sharing this application. We utilize it write our schedules for our employees ...
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What is the industry definition of an interpreter (as opposed to a compiler)?
In my compiler design courses, I have learned about and worked with a clear academic definition of an interpreter and a compiler, with an interpreter being
a program Pi from a language M capable ...
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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 ...
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What are the factors that have made Java a success as a programming language in enterprise computing?
What are the factors that have made Java a success as a programming language in enterprise computing?
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What are some good assignments for an introductory course, to reach today's students?
I periodically teach an introduction to programming course using Java. I want to give my students some exciting assignments that they can relate to or find interesting. At the very least, I want ...
