Prophecies in the Code

It’s a good idea to comment code that someone else might consider unneeded or redundant, such as this code:

final Object value = (new JSONTokener(jsonString)).nextValue();

// Note that JSONTokener.nextValue() may return

// a value equals() to nu...

SWIFT assigns each financial organization a unique code that has either eight characters or 11 characters. The code is interchangeably called the bank identifier code (BIC), SWIFT code, SWIFT ID, or ISO 9362 code.

It is broken down as follows:

• The first four characters: the in...

History Timelines of Events provide fast facts and information about famous events in history. 

• Many historical events, such as detailed in the History of Medicine timeline, occurred during times of crisis or evolution or change. 
• Many of the famous World events as detailed in ...