interpretation

Interview Question 101 - Binary Number Interpretation

Pretend you're at an interview. The interviewer asks: What is the decimal value of this binary number? 10110101 What is the first thing you responsed with? ...

MGrammar and more than one valid interpretation

I think what I may have is the dangling else problem, but I'm not really sure. The language I'm tasked with writing needs to support multi-line if statements as well as single line i.e. if(conditions){ print "multi"; print "line"; } and if(conditions) print "single line" Which in my language corresponds to if conditions t...

how to interpret windows task manager?

I run Windows 7 RC1, which uses the same WTM from Vista. When i look at the processes, there some columns I'm not sure what the differences are: Memory - working set Memory - private working set Memory - commit size can anyone tell me what they are, or provide a url to some website that does? thank you so much. tam. ...

HTTP: What is the preferred Accept-Encoding for "gzip,deflate"?

This question is regarding the order of precedence for the media-types of the HTTP Header "Accept-Encoding" when all are of equal weight and has been prompted by this comment on my blog. Background: The Accept-Encoding header takes a comma separated list of media-types the browser can accept e.g. gzip,deflate A quality factor can also...

Deocde and dispatch interpretation vs Threaded interpretation

Hi, I am trying to understand the practical difference during the execution of a program in Deocde and dispatch interpretation and Threaded interpretation. Example of both will really help. I understand how Java bytecode works and how an assembly language works. But where does DDI and TI fit in? Context: Virtual machines: versatile ...