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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by base698 on Monday February 20, 2017 @09:53AM (#13687705)
I think the original intent of the linked list question was to see if the candidate knew pointers. Implementing in a non pointer language would be trivial and definitely not complex.
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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by Apocryphon on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:14PM (#13690011)
Are linked lists even a difficult example of pointer use? You don't exactly have to do fancy pointer arithmetic with them. You just have to be a little bit careful when inserting or deleting nodes.
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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by gpderetta on Monday February 20, 2017 @04:31PM (#13691128)
You do need to understand the difference between an object and a refrence to it. Seems trivial bit surprising many programmers seem not to understand it.
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