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Answer by R160K for Is it bad etiquette to ask a question that could be...

I think if it's just a question of "will this work" then the question can be considered lazy if the debated strategy is trivial; if however the asker is demanding "why will/won't this work", or the...

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Answer by Ben Voigt for Is it bad etiquette to ask a question that could be...

Note: This answer applies to languages which are standardized. Some have only a single implementation and no formal description; in that case you're still testing the implementation, but it makes no...

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Answer by jscs for Is it bad etiquette to ask a question that could be tested...

Yes, testing hypotheticals is part of doing your research before posting a question. If you have a question along the lines of "What happens when I put a function call as the argument to another...

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Is it bad etiquette to ask a question that could be tested by compiling and...

I feel like this is a solution to many questions about language behavior, where it could be simply tested. And not the kind where you could type code to see if there was an error, code that would find...

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