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Is copying code from Stack Overflow illegal?
So, in summary: code snippets on Stack Overflow are protected by copyright unless they are so small that any two programmers would come up with substantially the same code. The StackOverflow license requires attribution and sharing of changes to downstream recipients of the code.
What Stack does Stack Overflow use?
Stack Overflow is written in C# using the ASP.NET MVC (Model–View–Controller) framework, and Microsoft SQL Server for the database and the Dapper object-relational mapper used for data access.
Should you cite Stack Overflow?
In an academic paper, you should be careful with using unofficial references. Stack Overflow is an example of this. Anyone can write anything, and the only guarantee you have as to the quality of the writing is the reputation of the author and the number of up-votes the answer received.
Is Stack Overflow going to be paid?
Until now, Teams was only available through a paid subscription (or a time-gated trial), but starting today, Stack Overflow will move to a freemium model with a perpetually free plan. Like so many products in this space, Stack Overflow for Teams experienced rapid growth in 2020.
Is it good to use Stack Overflow?
Stack Overflow is an incredible collection of programming and software knowledge. Thousands of students and developers use it daily to lookup answers for questions they can’t solve easily themselves. Stack Overflow has a very steep learning curve, for a long time, it wasn’t really welcoming toward beginners.
How long does it take to get a response on Stack Overflow?
1 Answer. The average is 3.71 days… but the standard deviation is 25.2 days. It number is so high because there are some questions like Date arithmetic in Unix shell scripts that take over 2 years to get the answer, creating a strong bias towards a long time.
What causes a stack overflow exception?
The most-common cause of stack overflow is excessively deep or infinite recursion, in which a function calls itself so many times that the space needed to store the variables and information associated with each call is more than can fit on the stack.