Why can't programmers figure out the source code or basic algorithm of a program base...?

Because it's often illegal. The 9/11 destruction of the Twin Trade Towers caused Morgan Stanley to lose the source code of their flagship financial application written in Visual Age Smalltalk (V…

Top stories for Long   Why can't programmers figure out the source code or basic algorithm of a program based on the machine code? Eliot Miranda, Tech lead for VisualWorks Smalltalk ('99 - '06). • Updated March 11, 2022 Because it's often illegal. The 9/11 destruction of the Twin Trade Towers caused Morgan Stanley to lose the source code of their flagship financial application written in V... Read more » 1.9K 190   Why do dealerships keep you for so many hours when buying a new car? Jack, lives in San Francisco, CA • Answered November 20 I'm going to fair and honest about the inner workings of a dealership. When you walk into the dealership showroom look at your surroundings. There are other customers with ... Read more » 1.7K 371   My DNA test results says I have 3.6% Native American. I'm Estonian and none of my ancestors went to America, so how come do I have Native American? Asked in evolvopedia • Answered by Saer Gardum • October 31 Ah, an easy one. (I hope you'll excuse me if I refer to Native Americans as Indians in this answer. I've heard they prefer that term. Although I doubt if India Indians would... Read more » 349 239   What happens if sugar is put in concrete? Sourav Chaubey, Technocrat at Government of India,Central.P.W.D • Updated February 9, 2020 One of my friends had this question in a BARC-2014 interview. The interviewer asked him "What if I threw my tea on the concrete." See, that was an indirect form of what you... Read more » 3.4K 245   Why is prostate cancer so common? Kelvin Hoodie, Senior Medical Officer In Public Health Clinic (1999-present) • Answered October 4 Despite old age and genetics being significant risk factors for various cancers, the rate of ejaculation could be the sole controllable factor in prostate cancer that men (... Read more » 2.1K 214   Senator Mark Kelly is about to be court martialled. Democrats, how are you enjoying finding out after f-ing around for so long? Michael Mock, studied at Angelo State University • Answered November 26 Oh, I fucking hope they put it up on pay-per-view, because they could retire the national debt on the proceeds they'd make. This is going to be fucking GOLDEN! Stand up Sena... Read more » 14K 1.9K   Why is the mathematical proof for 1+1=2 so long? Buddha Buck, studied at University at Buffalo • Updated November 25, 2018 Why is the proof of 1+1=2 so long and how was it proven? I assume you are talking about the famous proof of 1+1=2 by Russell and Whitehead in their book Principia Mathematic... Read more » 1K 77   Is Donald Trump as beloved around the world as he is in the US? Angela Stockton, B.A. English & Journalism, University of Kentucky (1970) • Updated November 26 Here's a statistic I'll bet will come as news to you: Donald Trump has run for president three times, in 2016, 2020 and 2024. On Election Day in each of those years, he nev... Read more » 10.2K 688   Why is Windows 11 so unpopular? Why is everybody switching to Linux? IhrtJetsnteaching, Spanish, English, ESL teacher in public schools & college • Updated December 2 I know nothing about Linux, but I can address why Windows 11 may be so unpopular. I have a Windows 10 desktop and a Windows 11 laptop version of basically the same computer... Read more » 1.3K 199   Why is Taekwondo disrespected by other martial arts? Matthew Lawrence, Filipino Martial Arts teacher, student in BJJ, TKD, HEMA • Updated September 11, 2019 I'm going to be frank, I say this as someone who trains and competes in the modern combat sport of Taekwondo. As a standalone martial art, it sucks! Taekwondo is great for te... Read more » 2.5K 324   How long can you live drinking 12 beers a day? Wellington Muzz, Medical Officer (2003-present) • Answered November 16 I drank 18 beers a day for many years, probably 25–30 years. The cardiologist asked me during my week in ICU how I could be so specific with the amount per day. I told him ... Read more » 3K 166   If C++ is so strong as a programming language, why can't it replace Python in AI and data science? Tom Oldfield, Senior Research Fellow • Answered September 13 In case this is not obvious. Nearly all AI algorithms are written in C and C++, because these languages are "strong", though it is not clear what you mean by this. C and C++... Read more » 68 5 Read more in your feed

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Why is n++ faster than n=n+1?

I see that others have explained you why [code ]n++[/code] is faster than [code ]n=n+1[/code]. I, will not repeat that. However I want to say you that [code ]++n[/code] could be even faster. T…

Top stories for Long   Why is n++ faster than n=n+1? Mario Galindo Queralt • Updated October 17, 2019 I see that others have explained you why n++ is faster than n=n+1. I, will not repeat that. However I want to say you that ++n could be even faster. This is because n++ retur... Read more » 3.3K 131   Dr. Julia Daan, Writer ,Relationship Mentor,Motivational speaker • Posted Jun 6 What Short Skirts Mean to Young Women in Japan? In Japan, some young women wear extremely short skirts as part of a practice known as sick kosai, where they offer non-sexual services in exchange for... Read more » 3.1K 321   How did Anthony Hopkins quit drinking alcohol? Jean-Marie Valheur, we're all actors, in a sense • Answered October 26 Anthony Hopkins has been sober for 50 years. Before that, he was a heavy drinker. In a recent interview, he described the moment he decided never to drink again — it was aft... Read more » 836 29   Why is Taekwondo disrespected by other martial arts? Matthew Lawrence, Filipino Martial Arts teacher, student in BJJ, TKD, HEMA • Updated September 11, 2019 I'm going to be frank, I say this as someone who trains and competes in the modern combat sport of Taekwondo. As a standalone martial art, it sucks! Taekwondo is great for te... Read more » 2.5K 324   Why is Windows 11 so unpopular? Why is everybody switching to Linux? IhrtJetsnteaching, Spanish, English, ESL teacher in public schools & college • Updated December 2 I know nothing about Linux, but I can address why Windows 11 may be so unpopular. I have a Windows 10 desktop and a Windows 11 laptop version of basically the same computer... Read more » 1.3K 199   In 1972, John Wheeler was teaching his first classical mechanics class at Princeton. Alessandro13 • Posted Jan 7 One day he had each student write down all the equations of physics they knew on sheets of paper. He picked up the paper and put them side by side on the table in the classroom. Then he looked at t... Read more » 581 69   Are OLED TVs that much better? Bob Hannent, Worked on too many digital TV devices. Qualified broadcast engineer. • Answered January 23, 2019 I am a professional broadcast engineer with +20 years of experience, I am trained to look at video pictures, as well as audio, and be critical. I am openly critical of comp... Read more » 3.5K 503   My DNA test results says I have 3.6% Native American. I'm Estonian and none of my ancestors went to America, so how come do I have Native American? Asked in evolvopedia • Answered by Saer Gardum • October 31 Ah, an easy one. (I hope you'll excuse me if I refer to Native Americans as Indians in this answer. I've heard they prefer that term. Although I doubt if India Indians would... Read more » 336 228   How has the KFC secret recipe never been leaked in all the years it's been in business? Steven Haddock, studied at York University • Answered November 9 Dude, the "secret recipe" was published in an actual book back in the 1980s. KFC ships the flour mix directly to franchises and they got a sample of it and analyzed it. The... Read more » 1K 70   Is a perfect square times a perfect square always a perfect square? Tanel Kagan, Studied to A-Level (pre-university), love maths problems. • Updated March 13, 2020 When I was about 16 years old, I proudly announced to my physics teacher that I had a proof that nothing could travel faster than the speed of light. I said to him:- "Look, w... Read more » 5.6K 228   Why do some Japanese people consider it rude to just say "arigato" in a store, while foreigners might get a pass for it? Chiaki Watanabe, Born in Tokyo • Answered November 21 Arigato is Tame-guchi, meaning "language without honorifics." Adults, and also children after elementary school, use honorifics when talking to someone who is not their fam... Read more » 31 5   Was death in a Nazi gas chamber quick and painless, or was it a long, terrifying death? Alex Colby, read hundreds of books about World War II history • Posted Oct 12 This is a very challenging question that should be answered succinctly. Death in a gas chamber in the hands of the Nazis was not a fast and painless experience. It was a very excruciating and frigh... Read more » 1.4K 219 Read more in your feed

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