This site is for specific questions related to programming (code) or use of a programmers tool (IDE, compiler, etc.). You're asking for speculation on what several different companies and platforms do internally, which is not something that can be clearly and specifically answered. Try Quora or Reddit for this sort of broad, general discussion post. — Ken White 35 secs ago

The Unix API, as documented by the man pages, is defined for most programmers at the level of C, and so it's a sort of cooperative endeavor between the kernel and the C library. Neither one can just go off in its own direction without breaking everything. — Nate Eldredge 50 secs ago

@tadman It's the school system in a certain big country in Asia forcing this upon innocent students... Apparently that country would love to have hundreds of thousands of MS DOS programmers, since the comeback of MS DOS is surely the next big thing in IT. — Lundin 18 secs ago

Open letter to students with homework problems — Filburt 51 secs ago

Please read this open letter to students with homework problems. — azurefrog 50 secs ago

Thanks you solved the problem! I love programmers that solve it fast like you!!! — Hassan_BH 53 secs ago

An appropriate post along these lines might also be on-topic at another site. — philipxy 51 secs ago

Please include more details, such as the ODE you're trying to solve. Most of the people here are programmers and may not have a background in Physics / Engineering to know the equations of motion of a spring-mass-damper system — Pranav Hosangadi 46 secs ago

Also relevant: How do I ask and answer homework questions? and Open letter to students with homework problems. — SiKing 25 secs ago

I see someone voted to close and pointed to SuperUser as an alternative, but I think this question would probably be better on the Software Engineering SE — Stephen P 25 secs ago

Also, because this is definitely a homework question: How do I ask and answer homework questions? | Open letter to students with homework problems — Pranav Hosangadi 1 min ago

Welcome to Stack Overflow. Please take the tour, visit the help center and read How to Ask to learn how to use this site effectively. Also read Why is “Can someone help me?” not an actual question? and Open letter to students with homework problems. What exactly are you expecting as a response here? Do you think we'll do the work for you? How would that help in your education? — Jim Garrison 32 secs ago

@afreelunch You are asking what is recommended. Different people recommend different things for different reasons. The question is off-topic as opinion-based because you have not provided an objective metric by which to answer your question. Stack Overflow likewise does not deal with theoretical problems, but rather practical ones that you are actually facing. If you want input on whether your programming style/habits are good, consider softwareengineering.stackexchange.com instead. Or, for a full, stylistic review of working code, codereview.stackexchange.com. — TylerH 37 secs ago

Welcome to Stack Overflow! How to ask homework question and Open letter to students with homework problems — Barmar 44 secs ago

This is nonsense. A Java programmer using an API will know how to make it work - or else learn how to. Programmers are not children. Making a breakproof API also makes it less generally useful. — absmiths 21 secs ago

Welcome to Stack Overflow! How to ask homework question and Open letter to students with homework problems — Barmar 14 secs ago

How to ask homework question and Open letter to students with homework problems — Barmar 53 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 52 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 1 min ago

This question is far too vague and broad in scope for this site. This site is for specific questions related to problems with programming (code) or use of a programmers tool. I am having trouble finding something is not a programming problem, and your need to do something to get your job done does not turn it into one. — Ken White 49 secs ago