Wrong site. This site is for specific questions related to programming (code) or use of a programmers tool (IDE, compiler, etc.). You're looking for Super User instead. You can find more information about this site in the help center. — Ken White 50 secs ago

SO is a site for specific questions related to programming (code) or use of a programmers tool (IDE, compiler, etc.). You may want to revisit the help center pages for better understanding of how the site works and what is (and is not) appropriate to ask here. — Ken White 57 secs ago

Questions that ask "where do I start?" are typically too broad and are not a good fit for this site. People have their own method for approaching the problem and because of this there cannot be a correct answer. Give a good read over Where to Start and edit your post. — gunr2171 6 secs ago

Please, setting the layoutManager to null is just asking for problems. LayoutManager's make like easier for programmers. — NomadMaker 12 secs ago

Sorry, but StackOverflow is dedicated to helping solve programming code problems. Requests for recommendations of tools are explicitly off-topic. Your Q may be more appropriate for Software Recommendations , but read their help section regarding on-topic questions . AND please read Help On-topic and Help How-to-ask before posting more Qs here. Good luck. — shellter 32 secs ago

Also, IRT on-topic, "software tools commonly used by programmers; and is a practical, answerable problem that is unique to software development". Am I wrong in assuming wget, selenium, etc are? — Peter Thoeny 53 secs ago

All I can say is that programmers who really get functional programming are magicians. "(...fns) => (a, ...b) => fns.reduceRight ((v, fn) => fn (v, ...b), a)" is a magic spell and it works, like... a freakin' magic spell. Yes sir that is indeed most useful, thanks. — Doug Lowman 42 secs ago

Can you provide code snippets? It will be easier for programmers to find problems and give solutions. — Ayush Kumar 13 secs ago

Software Recommendations - but be sure to read their code of conduct first — Ruben Helsloot 10 secs ago

Sorry but Stack Overflow is not a site for questions about using apps. It's a site for questions about programming / software engineering. — gman 40 secs ago

You might get a better answer on Unix & Linux. Or, "If it need me to use different compressor" on Software Recommendations, but no duplicate questions, of course. Good luck — Mawg says reinstate Monica 1 min ago

Software recommendations are not on topic here, try Software Recommendations (but please do read the content in their help center before posting). — jonrsharpe 17 secs ago

Hi again, Nico. I have added detailed description. Let me know if you have more comments. I am professional software engineer and I always glad to help. But not in case I get -1 score for the time I contribute. I just came back because I noticed 3 bronze badges... — bashconsole 29 secs ago

Doesn't this seem kind of vague to you? Maybe it would be better to ask it in Software Engineering. — Spectric just now

Welcome to Stack Overflow. Congratulations on your first post. SO is for asking questions about: a specific programming problem, a software algorithm, or software tool commonly used by programmers. It should be a practical, answerable problem that is unique to software development. Your question may be better suited to another Stack Exchange site such as Code Review. — DaveL17 1 min ago

@Zabuzard Questions about "software tools commonly used by programmers" are on-topic, but it is probably a duplicate. — howlger 25 secs ago

Unrelated, but Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names is recommended reading. — Guy Incognito 58 secs ago

this provides generally good practice , it is not python-specific, but should be good to regard these principles when designing logging system. — Han 35 secs ago

Welcome to Stack Overflow. Please read Open Letter to Students with Homework Problems. You can't just dump your problem statement here and expect us to do it for you. It's also a good idea to take the tour, read about what's on-topic in the help center, and How to Ask. — Chris 52 secs ago

@Aconcagua, ah, no, bad wording on my part! I meant that in C, char * might mean a pointer to anything. Some programmers "feel" like using void* is somehow too vague and using char* to point to an "contiguous lump of data" is somehow better. So really without further knowledge about what the DLLs author really meant (does the function "under the hood" treats the pointer as an address of a series of 16-bit values), guessing is only so much good, unfortunately. BTW, I appreciate your mentioning of non-UTF-8 legacy system encodings—this is definitely a possibility. — kostix 19 secs ago

Some good reading about one of the above comments: Why should C++ programmers minimize use of 'new'? — user4581301 14 secs ago

Welcome to Stack Overflow. SO is a question and answer page for professional and enthusiast programmers. Please add your own code to your question. You are expected to show at least the amount of research you have put into solving this question yourself. — Cyrus 37 secs ago

First of all a little nitpicking: while is a statement not a function. As for your problem, this sounds like the perfect time to learn how to use a debugger. With a debugger you can step through your code statement by statement while monitoring variables and their values. Knowing how to use a debugger is really a crucial and mandatory skill for programmers. — Some programmer dude 22 secs ago

Why is “Is it possible to…” a poorly worded question? — Andreas 36 secs ago

@JemmaSmith - I've taught programming in the past, managed software developers, and I like giving back by helping new programmers. If you want, I'll send you a burner email address so you can email me directly. I can help you to stop having to ask questions like this FOREVER! Let me know if you're interested. — Steve 16 secs ago

We used to always use C for maximum performance because there was so little overhead. Today, performance depends heavily on picking the right algorithm, sorting data when optimal, better use of the cache, and branch prediction. C still produces the fastest code, but does so only when programmers keep all of these things in mind and take advantage of the hardware. — Max 30 secs ago