Is stack overflow legal?

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Has stack overflow been hacked?

Stack Overflow, a popular site among developers, has revealed more about a week-long breach that it disclosed in May 2019. According to the brand’s latest update, the hacker accessed and stole source code but it says the breach only affected 184 users.

What happens if stack overflow?

Usually, when a stack overflow error occurs, the program crashes and can either freeze or close the program. Any unsaved data or work is lost. The stack overflow error is often caused by an infinite loop or the creation of variables larger than the size of the call stack.

Do employers look at stack overflow?

Employers can see your Stack Overflow reputation, but they’re not necessarily looking at it. We do show your rep score on the employer view of your Developer Story, if you choose to display it.

Is copying 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.

How many users does Stack Overflow have?

As of March 2021 Stack Overflow has over 14 million registered users, and has received over 21 million questions and 31 million answers.

What is Stack Overflow in Java?

A StackOverflowError is a runtime error in Java. It is thrown when the amount of call stack memory allocated by the JVM is exceeded. A common case of a StackOverflowError being thrown, is when the call stack exceeds due to excessive deep or infinite recursion.

What causes stackoverflow?

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.