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The platform tag is to be used for hardware or software related issues relating to a platform

A platform consists of some sort of hardware architecture and a software framework, including application frameworks. The combination allows software to run. Typical platforms include a computer architecture, operating system, programming languages and supporting services and applications (with user interfaces).

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How do I check if I'm running on Windows in Python?

I found the platform module but it says it returns 'Windows' and it's returning 'Microsoft' on my machine. I notice in another thread here on stackoverflow it returns 'Vista' sometimes. So, the question is, how do implemement? if is_windows(): …
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Can you do Desktop Development using JavaScript?

I know there's JScript.NET, but it isn't the same as the JavaScript we know from the web. Does anyone know if there are any JavaScript based platforms/compilers for desktop development? Most specifically Windows desktop development.
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How to call methods in Dart portion of the app, from the native platform using MethodChannel?

I am writing a native plugin that, in some cases, has to call functions in the Flutter portion of the app, written in Dart. How it's achieved, is explained here: https://flutter.io/platform-channels/ Furthermore, an example of invoking a method from…
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Why is int typically 32 bit on 64 bit compilers?

Why is int typically 32 bit on 64 bit compilers? When I was starting programming, I've been taught int is typically the same width as the underlying architecture. And I agree that this also makes sense, I find it logical for a unspecified width…
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Is there an platform independent equivalent of os.startfile()?

I want to run a program on several platforms (including Mac OS), so I try to keep it as platform independent as possible. I use Windows myself, and I have a line os.startfile(file). That works for me, but not on other platforms (I read in the…
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What is the hard recursion limit for Linux, Mac and Windows?

Python's sys module provides a function setrecursionlimit that lets you change Python's maximum recursion limit. The docs say: The highest possible limit is platform-dependent. My question is: What is the highest possible limits for various…
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Application failed to start because it could not find or load the QT platform plugin "windows"

I have looked through all of the questions that appear to be related on stack overflow, and none of the solutions seem to help me. I am building a Qt application with this setup: Windows 7 Professional x64 Visual Studio 2012 Qt 5.2.0 built with…
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What Does a Standard "Installation" actually do?

I'm just a hobbyist programmer more or less and have grown up coding-wise in the .NET ClickOnce world. When one "installs" a program, what actually happens?! Also: Some little apps/tools just run from the exe. Why do most programs need a fancy…
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Android Developer Dashboard national/regional version

As many of you may know, Google has provided us with a nice Dashboard that shows us the current distribution of active Android devices along certain characteristics, such as platform version or screen size. It would be nice to have some similar…
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how do I detect user operating system

I have the following code to obtain user details: HttpBrowserCapabilities bc = HttpContext.Current.Request.Browser; string UserAgent = HttpContext.Current.Request.UserAgent; ENT_TrackingData ret = new ENT_TrackingData() { IPAddress =…
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How to use Platform.OS to elements in react native?

I want to use just KeyboardAwareScrollView without any functions on IOS and given below code for android. I know that I need to use Platform.OS === 'ios' ? : BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO REALISE IT. Please help me render(){ return( …
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LocalDateTime.now() has different levels of precision on Windows and Mac machine

When creating a new LocalDateTime using LocalDateTime.now() on my Mac and Windows machine i get a nano precision of 6 on my Mac and a nano precision of 3 on my Windows machine. Both are running jdk-1.8.0-172. Is it possible to limit or increase…
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Detect underlying platform/flavour in Cmake

Does anybody know any cmake variable or hook or something which can give me underlying platform name/flavour name on which it is getting executed ? e.g. Linux-CentOs Linux-Ubuntu Linux-SLES I know cmake has "CMAKE_SYSTEM" variable but that doesn't…
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What common algorithms are used for C's rand()?

I understand that the C specification does not give any specification about the specific implementation of rand(). What different algorithms are commonly used on different major platforms? How do they differ?
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Platform's default charset on different platforms?

Some legacy code relies on the platform's default charset for translations. For Windows and Linux installations in the "western world" I know what that means. But thinking about Russian or Asian platforms I am totally unsure what their platform's…
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