Questions tagged [features]
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Why can't there be an "universal" programming language that serves all purposes?
why not combine the best features of the all existent programming languages and fit it in a universal programming language?
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Spurious wakeups explanation sounds like a bug that just isn't worth fixing, is that right?
According to the Wikipedia article on Spurious Wakeups
"a thread might be awoken from its waiting state even though no thread signaled the condition variable".
While I've know about this 'feature' I never knew what actually caused it until, in…
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Killer semi-unique programming language features
When learning a new programming language you sometimes come across a language feature which
makes you wish you had it in your other programming languages that you know.
What are some language feature which were at the time of learning very new to…
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What is the difference between user stories and features?
Playing with icescrum, I realised that I do not understand the difference between user stories and user features.
Can someone explain the difference?
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Which language features are considered harmful?
Please, explain why and list which languages have the (mis)feature implemented As far you know.
Post what you consider a harmful feature, not what you dislike.
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Feature vs. Function
Often I hear PMs (Project Managers) talk about feature and function. And I'm just so puzzled to differentiate them. Sometimes I think of a feature to be equivalent to a user story. Something like "As a user, Bob should be able to see a list of his…
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C# or .Net features to cut off assuming no backward compatibility needed?
Any product or framework evolves. Mainly it's done to catch up the needs of it's users, leverage new computing powers and simply make it better. Sometimes the primary design goal also changes with the product. C# or .net framework is no exception.…
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How to treat bugs that users thought were a feature?
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What is the proper way to address a bug that an end-user thought was a feature?
Elaboration:
I'm guessing that if a large percentage of users expected it as a feature, it should be left "unfixed" or "fixed" to be more stable? However, what…
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Where does the the term "feature creep" come from?
There is a decent Wikipedia article on the "Feature Creep", but it doesn't state an origin. A Google search only leads to some vague article claiming "Earl Rich" coined the term, but there isn't much backup for that claim. There is a Dilbert comic…
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What default features is Windows missing that are required for programmers?
What features is Windows missing that can improve the productivity of a programmer. I know a lot of people would want some features from Linux and OSX ported or being created for Windows as well. What is missing for you ?
An example would be the…
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What features in Eclipse is not available in Visual Studio?
I have done much development in Java using Eclipse, and now I have started to use Visual Studio for .NET development. So far I find the IDEs to be able to do the same things, but just different.
What features in Eclipse isn't available in Visual…
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What do you do when a user asks for a feature you will not implement?
What do you do when a user asks for a complex feature that you could implement, but you aren't going to do it because 1) it adds unnecessary complexity to other users 2) you are not going to do it as an option either because you don't want your…
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What is easier to do with web applications compared to native GUI applications?
I have the impression that more and more applications with a user interface use HTML+CSS+JavaScript client-side instead of a native GUI framework.
I wounder what are the most important driving forces for this? or in other words what are native GUI…
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How to cleanly implement permission based feature access
I have been tasked with writing an on/off control for features in our product based on who is signed in, in principle with one on/off flag for each feature. Put simply, this is a permission based feature access that can be activated at the user…
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What do you do when there is a last minute request to exclude a feature from a release?
There is a feature that has already passed acceptance testing, both internally and by the customer. It is a fully working feature. However, there is now a request to exclude this feature from an upcoming release. According to the customer, this…
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