May 6, 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 single value …

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 …

May 29, 2023 · There are several questions related to presence field tracking of scalar fields in protobuf 3, but I didn't find any with generic default approach recommendation.

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 the sense that they cannot …

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 that's good …

Nov 28, 2017 · Typically "rule of zero" does not claim itself to be the universal truth. It is usually stated with the caveat that the more correct statement is "rule of (either five or zero, no in-between)". The …

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 represent a set …

I've worked in some projects where most of the business logic was implemented on the database (mostly through stored procedures). On the other side, I've heard from some fellow programmers that …

If I were to calculate the matrix multiplication in the second (matrix-based) image myself, as a human, I'd do it by sequentially doing each of the distinct calculations shown in the first (scalar) image.

Scalar data types: usually boolean, integers, floats and characters Compound data types: arrays (strings are special case) and structures Basic code constructs: arithmetic over scalars, array/structure …