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In his excellent book, CLR Via C#, Jeffrey Richter said that he doesn't like properties, and recommends not to use them. He gave some reason, but I don't really understand. Can anyone explain to me why I should or should not use properties? In C# 3.0, with automatic properties, does this change? ...

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I am checking some old SQL Statements for the purpose of documenting them and probably enhancing them. 4 Answers ...

What is the difference between a heuristic and an algorithm? 12 Answers 12 ...

Can anyone tell me, what's the real difference between group and role? I've been trying to figure this out for some time now and the more information I read, the more I get the sense that this is brought up just to confuse people and there is no real difference. Both can do the other's job. I've alw...

I've to admit that I don't know much about functional programming. I read about it from here and there, and so came to know that in functional programming, a function returns the same output, for same input, no matter how many times the function is called. It's exactly like a mathematical function w...

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I'm not sure about the difference. I'm using Hibernate and, in some books, they use JavaBean and POJO as an interchangeable term. I want to know if there is a difference, not just in the Hibernate context, but as general concepts. ...

What is a "Handle" when discussing resources in Windows? How do they work? 7 Answers ...