Alex D

Alex D has asked 49 questions and find answers to 146 problems.

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Ruby/C/Lisp/Java/SQL developer with an insatiable thirst for more knowledge.

Alex D questions

Why does gdb backtrace show only one frame when catching syscall?
Why do Windows NT threads have separate user mode/kernel mode stacks?
Why does the 80x87 instruction set use a "stack-based" design?
Good place to start studying the source code for Clojure? [closed]
How to interpret exception codes shown in WinDbg?
Why can typedef'd names be used as the names of struct members?
What is this C syntax (used in Linux drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c)?
How does the BSWAP instruction "speed execution of decimal arithmetic"?
On Linux, is TLS set up by the kernel or by libc (or other language runtime)?
Real, mathematical "modulo" operation in Postgres?

Alex D answers

What's the difference between a class and the singleton of that class in Ruby?
Is string comparison faster than string length?
A more elegant way to reject array if it contains only empty strings
How do you run multiple ruby files in conjunction in a shell script?
Copy method from one class to another
How does the kernel separate threads from processes
What does "<<" exactly do in ruby?
Website Performance Testing: How best to approximate computer performance?
Dynamically include module into Model at runtime?
Clojure macro as function / 'Partial' for Macros?