Why “starters” is being discussed
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For military planes, every bit of weight you can shed up front increases some operational capability of the plane. In this case, not carrying an extra 200-300kg of weight for st…
by pwg · Sep 30, 2026
Military fighter jets quite often had external starters to save weight.
by m4rtink · Sep 30, 2026
Every second house had a diesel generator back then. Ours had to be cranked started by hand(not for the heartless) before push button starters became a thing. The shutoff though…
by ghm2180 · Sep 29, 2026
Well for starters the use of the term "Recursive" is very dubious. This is as far as the eye can see all very iterative, there is no tail-call or anything fancy, it is loops. Al…
by polotics · Sep 29, 2026
Its funny - I was going to leave a similar comment - and I have, earlier, on a different thread. If people need fast classification, on a fairly scoped problem, it is very fruit…
by abhgh · Sep 29, 2026
I disagree. While it is possible, it is never easy. You are limited to exactly the features the C provides. Pointers - better null check them even if you guarantee they won't be…
by bluGill · Sep 28, 2026
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