I have heard a lot of people talking recently about middleware, but what is the exact definition of middleware? When I look into middleware, I find a lot of information and some definitions, but w...

With the new standard coming (and parts already available in some compilers), the new type std::unique_ptr is supposed to be a replacement for std::auto_ptr. Does their usage exactly overlap (s...

How to set multiple columns of a table using update query in mysql?

I want to try to convert a string to a Guid, but I don't want to rely on catching exceptions ( for performance reasons - exceptions are expensive for usability reasons - the debugger pops up fo...

Does MATLAB have a function/operator that indicates the type of a variable (similar to the typeof operator in JavaScript)?

In my GNUmakefile, I would like to have a rule that uses a temporary directory. For example: out.tar: TMP := $(shell mktemp -d) echo hi $(TMP)/hi.txt tar -C $(TMP) cf $@ . ...

I performed a rebase like this: git rebase --onto master new_background_processing export_background_processing That didn't do what I wanted it to, so I performed a reset: git reset --hard H...

I would like to know whether there is any simple shell command to change the user home directory in Linux/Unix (one similar to chsh which changes the default login shell of an existing valid user)...

I want to extract the public and private key from my PKCS#12 file for later use in SSH-Public-Key-Authentication. Right now, I'm generating keys via ssh-keygen which I put into .ssh/authorized_k...

I have an interface with a method that expects an array of Foo: public interface IBar { void doStuff(Foo[] arr); } I am mocking this interface using Mockito, and I'd like to assert that doStu...