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Re:C++ is a hack by pcwalton on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @01:25PM (#11111962)
> Anyone halfway knowledgeable in C++ can be expected to know this piece of trivia, IMHO.

I disagree. Let me put it this way: You will not increase the quality of your C++ programmer hires by quizzing them on whether they know whether prefix or postfix gets the extra argument, or even how to overload those operators at all.

Re:C++ is a hack by kazinator on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @01:39PM (#11112076)
Only in the sense that someone who doesn't know C++ well could be a much better quality developer than someone who does.

If someone put C++ on their resume but doesn't know how to overload operators, they are failing on honesty.