COMP 105: Guidelines for asking questions on Stackoverflow

Stackoverflow is a web site that is dedicated to answering any and all questions about programming. "Questions about programming" is not the same as "questions about homework." Stackoverflow is a great resource, but please follow these guidelines:

Bogosity alert

StackOverflow is a web site for questions about programming. Expertise is good. Many people also ask questions about programming languages, but expertise is poor and many of the answers are wrong. You may safely trust any answers written by your course staff, but other answers should be viewed with suspicion. StackOverflow is not a good source of information about programming languages.
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