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Re:How not to hire a software engineer by antt on Monday April 01, 2019 @06:40AM (#19542001)
I always use those as a way to test a new language/paradigm/something. I'm naturally lazy and this is a wonderful way to get new knowledge.

>Sorry I want to write an extension to emacs so I'm solving your problem in elisp.

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Re:How not to hire a software engineer by sokoloff on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:12AM (#19542498)
We used to give standard questions for college candidates, language unrestricted.

I saw several candidates solve the problem in scheme and every one of them was beautiful.

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