I'm looking for the fastest way to determine if a long value is a perfect square (i.e. its square root is another integer): ...

When setting up foreign keys in SQL Server, under what circumstances should you have it cascade on delete or update, and what is the reasoning behind it? ...

I don't want a discussion about when to and not to throw exceptions. I wish to resolve a simple issue. 99% of the time the argument for not throwing exceptions revolves around them being slow while the other side claims (with benchmark test) that the speed is not the issue. I've read numerous blogs,...

In a DOS batch file we can only have 1 line if statement body? I think I found somewhere that I could use () for an if block just like the {} used in C-like programming languages, but it is not executing the statements when I try this. No error message either. This my code: ...

I have an application that deals with clients from all over the world, and, naturally, I want everything going into my databases to be UTF-8 encoded. ...

Currently Google App Engine supports both Python & Java. Java support is less mature. However, Java seems to have a longer list of libraries and especially support for Java bytecode regardless of the languages used to write that code. Which language will give better performance and more power? Pleas...

Okay, the lack of color on VS2012 is gross. 8 Answers 8 ...

I'm beginning to understand how the forall keyword is used in so-called "existential types" like this: 8 Answers ...

I updated Eclipse with the new SDK tools (rev. 23), but now when Eclipse starts I receive the error: 43 Answers ...

I'm interested in knowing if it is possible to programmatically install a dynamically downloaded apk from a custom Android application. ...