terminology - What does it mean when data is scalar? - Software ...
May 5, 2014 · The term "scalar" comes from linear algebra, where it is used to differentiate a single number from a vector or matrix. The meaning in computing is similar. It distinguishes a …
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 …
What is meant by a primitive data type?
Mar 15, 2012 · It kind of depends on the language. 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 …
Paradigm for handling list of things or single elements
Sep 5, 2017 · @KilianFoth: I don't think this applies here. "Composite design pattern" would require to wrap the passed parameter in an additional class hierarchy, but additional wrappers …
Why exactly does Java not allow numeric conditionals like if(5 ...
May 12, 2017 · 0 Well, every scalar type in C, pointer, boolean (since C99), number (floating-point or not) and enumeration (due to direct mapping to numbers) has a "natural" falsey value, so …
Performance implications of a game project monorepo on …
Nov 2, 2020 · Microsoft’s Scalar apparently does some repacking in the background, but that’s only documented somewhat vaguely and in the context of fetch and checkout, so I’m not …
data structures - How to represent a set in JSON? - Software ...
Aug 6, 2017 · JSON supports the following data structures (Java equivalents): Scalar, Array/List, and Map. A Set is not supported out-of-the-box in JSON. I thought about several ways to …
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 …
web api - Use empty string, null or remove empty property in API ...
Mar 8, 2017 · When transferring object through an API, as in schemaless JSON format, what is the ideal way to return non-existent string property? I know that there are different ways of …
artificial intelligence - How to run 2-layer perceptron to solve XOR ...
Oct 7, 2016 · You seem to be attempting to train your second layer's single perceptron to produce an XOR of its inputs. This isn't possible; a single perceptron can only learn to classify inputs …