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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by satysin on Monday February 20, 2017 @10:16AM (#13687912)
If someone asks you the "best" way to do something but does not give you context for the problem being solved then the question is stupid. There is no all-purpose "best" way to do anything when it comes to complex systems. You use the "best" way for the problem in hand that may be shared memory, pipes, writing to a file, RPC, etc.
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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by harveywi on Monday February 20, 2017 @10:22AM (#13687973)
Exactly. When handed an under-specified problem (semantics), hand back a lambda compiled in the target language (syntax). "What do you mean? African or European?"
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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by kabdib on Monday February 20, 2017 @10:42PM (#13693104)
Upvote for "hand back a lambda". I was laughing.

"Here, run this unsigned code for me in your head." That has all kinds of possibilities . . .

[See John Barnes' book _Candle_ if you want some scary prognostication. Warning, it's kind of graphic and disturbing in spots]

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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by havetocharge on Monday February 20, 2017 @10:31AM (#13688052)
Well put. If there was the best way, then it would be the only way.
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