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Raghavendra Mudugal (2/6/2013)
so, if no brackets then just start from L to R no matter what the operator is...
Almost... If there are no brackets, use BODMAS to work out...
February 6, 2013 at 6:16 am
Toreador (2/6/2013)
archie flockhart (2/6/2013)
It can matter whather you do the multiply or divide first.
(12 / 3) * 2 will give a different answer to 12 / (3*2)
Yes, but that's...
February 6, 2013 at 5:53 am
BODMAS says:
B Brackets first
O Orders (i.e. Powers and Square Roots, etc.)
DM Division and Multiplication (left-to-right)
AS Addition and Subtraction (left-to-right)
It actually doesn't matter whether you do the...
February 6, 2013 at 3:45 am
Excellent question and explanation - several issues covered in one go - thank you.
February 5, 2013 at 5:34 am
Nice 50/50 question that doesn't hurt the brain too much on the morning after Superbowl...:cool:
February 4, 2013 at 3:15 am
Good simple question; I like the lower case int and the strangely placed comma to make people look twice before answering. 😉
January 31, 2013 at 5:10 am
dinolg (1/30/2013)
Everyone seems to mention BOL, but fails to mention a quote, or any kind of reference.
The BOL reference is in the explanation.
I thought it was pretty clear that the...
January 31, 2013 at 4:35 am
Hugo Kornelis (1/28/2013)
January 28, 2013 at 6:43 am
Sean Pearce (1/25/2013)
sipas (1/25/2013)Personally I don't give two hoots if I get the answer right or not - as long as I learn something useful.
I agree with that sentiment, however...
January 25, 2013 at 3:13 am
Sean Pearce (1/24/2013)
Terrible question. To have to make such a fundamental architecture decision with a one sentence spec means this project will be doomed from the start.
Which is why you...
January 25, 2013 at 2:59 am
sestell1 (1/24/2013)
sipas (1/24/2013)
KWymore (1/24/2013)
I knew I was going to get this one wrong since it was basically a opinion piece. Good discussion but not a great question.
It's not really an...
January 24, 2013 at 9:42 am
KWymore (1/24/2013)
I knew I was going to get this one wrong since it was basically a opinion piece. Good discussion but not a great question.
It's not really an opinion piece,...
January 24, 2013 at 9:22 am
@Nils Gustav:
Not a good analogy because one option is only applicable under extremely unlikely circumstances (e.g. you cannot fly due to a medical condition but you have the time and...
January 24, 2013 at 7:18 am
Hugo Kornelis (1/24/2013)
I think the correct answer should be worded slightly differently: "Either one can be appropriate" (italics used to emphasize changed part).
Exactly - it depends on the specific requirements....
January 24, 2013 at 5:46 am
rmechaber (1/2/2013)
FYI: the "I" in the original paper stood for "Inexpensive":http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~garth/RAIDpaper/Patterson88.pdf
Rich
Yes, 'independent' is misleading - how are disks in RAID 5 'independent' when the data is striped across them? And...
January 4, 2013 at 4:05 am
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