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How long does it take for Stack Overflow questions to be answered?
Although most questions on StackOverflow are answered in less than an hour, we observe that about 30% of the questions which are not answered within an hour have a response time of more than a day (see Figure 1).
How does Stack Overflow work?
Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It’s built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites. With your help, we’re working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about programming.
What happens in case of Stack Overflow?
In software, a stack overflow occurs if the call stack pointer exceeds the stack bound. Translation: There is a limited amount of memory (the call stack) allocated to a program. When that is exceeded (when it overflows), we call it a stack overflow. Every time I’ve seen it, it’s been the result of infinite recursion.
Why am I getting a Stack Overflow error?
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.
When does stack underflow and Stack Overflow occur?
Stack underflow happens when we try to pop (remove) an item from the stack, when nothing is actually there to remove. This will raise an alarm of sorts in the computer because we told it to do something that cannot be done. Stack overflow happens when we try to push one more item onto our stack than it can actually hold.
When did the decline of Stack Overflow happen?
The decline of Stack Overflow. Stack Overflow was created in 2008 by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky, as a more open alternative to earlier Q&A sites such as Experts-Exchange. The name for the website was chosen by voting in April 2008 by readers of Coding Horror, Atwood’s popular programming blog.
How many users are there on Stack Overflow?
As of July 2015, Stack Overflow has over 4,000,000 registered users and almost 10,000,000 questions (not counting deleted users and questions).
What happens when there is too much stuff in the stack?
You see, the stack usually can hold only so much stuff. Typically, we allocate (set aside) where the stack is going to be in memory and how big it can get. So, when we stick too much stuff there or try to remove nothing, we will generate a stack overflow condition or stack underflow condition, respectively.