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  1. terminology - What does it mean when data is scalar? - Software ...

    May 5, 2014 · The word scalar derives from the Latin word scalaris, an adjectival form of scala (Latin for "ladder"). The English word "scale" also comes from scala. Source. A Scalar is a variable that holds an individual value. For example: Scalar Variable: Say that you are trying to represent the names of various students as a set of variables. Each of the ...

  2. What are the "scalar fields" and "composite fields" in JAVA?

    Jul 11, 2019 · The terms 'scalar type' or 'scalar field' are usually used to contrast them with compound types/fields. A compound type is easiest to define and it is a type that contains multiple distinct elements. These elements can have the same type, in which case the compound is an array or a list, or different types, in which case the compound is ...

  3. What is meant by a primitive data type?

    Mar 15, 2012 · For example, in languages like C and C++, you have a number of built-in scalar types - int, float, double, char, etc. These are "primitive" in the sense that they cannot be decomposed into simpler components. From these basic types you can define new types - pointer types, array types, struct types, union types, etc.

  4. Performance implications of a game project monorepo on …

    Nov 2, 2020 · Necro'ing this since there isn't a lot of information out there about scalar and game development, and I was looking into it myself. Git + LFS I've been defaulting to Git + LFS with a very detailed set of software setup steps in a wiki page when setting up new game teams + projects, since LFS is dependent on each client having it installed.

  5. Why exactly does Java not allow numeric conditionals like if(5 ...

    May 12, 2017 · 1 The controlling expression of an if statement shall have scalar type. Semantics 2 In both forms, the first substatement is executed if the expression compares unequal to 0. In the else form, the second substatement is executed if the expression compares equal to 0. If the first substatement is reached via a label, the second substatement is ...

  6. performance - Why does expressing calculations as matrix ...

    Using SIMD instructions (confusingly, this is also called "vectorization" but in a different sense than in the text quotes in the question). In essence, instead of 4 or 8 or so scalar arithmetic instructions, give the CPU one instruction that performs arithmetic on 4 or 8 or so registers in parallel. This can literally make some calculations ...

  7. web api - Use empty string, null or remove empty property in API ...

    Mar 8, 2017 · Going with an empty string is a definitive no. Empty string still is a value, it is just empty. No value should be indicated using a construct which represents nothing, null.

  8. data structures - How to represent a set in JSON? - Software ...

    Aug 6, 2017 · Take a scalar, say 0 or null and force it to be the value of every key in the map: {"a": 0, "b": 0} This way, under standard comparison tools, the objects are equal, even if the key ordering is changed. However, this technique pollutes the JSON document with irrelevant data. [4] - As an ordered list

  9. Algorithm for detection of overlapping between vectors

    Feb 27, 2014 · where k is some scalar value in [0, 1]. When you have transformed all your inputs into this form, it's fairly straightforward to find solutions where the lines overlap: When you have transformed all your inputs into this form, it's fairly straightforward to find …

  10. Why Protobuf 3 made all fields on the messages optional?

    Jun 8, 2017 · The syntax 3 of protobuf made all the fields optional dropping the keywords required and optional from previous proto2 syntax. Reading some comments from developers it seems that it was done for

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