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Why must we define both == and != in C#?

Why was IEnumerable<T> made covariant in C# 4?

Is there a better PHP way for getting default value by key from array (dictionary)?

Why can't you have multiple interfaces in a bounded wildcard generic?

Why can't we define a variable inside an if statement?

Why does Python's itertools.permutations contain duplicates? (When the original list has duplicates)

Why are there no ||= or &&= operators in C#?

Why isn't operator overloading for pointers allowed to work?

Why are there no sorted containers in Python's standard libraries?

Is "monkey patching" really that bad?