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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by rofo1 on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:20PM (#20708700)
The second pointer going twice the speed? I don't know the story, but I know the solution, because I've seen it.

Similarly for many other tricks.

I have never used it in real-life development, though.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by wnmurphy on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:49PM (#20708961)
> I know the solution, because I've seen it.

> I have never used it in real-life development, though.

I'd wager both of these are true for the majority of technical interview problems, and I think that's exactly the point.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by lordnacho on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:33PM (#20708826)
https://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2014/06/24/the-worst-progr...
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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by goatinaboat on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:52AM (#20715716)
In real life development, if you do have a circular linked list unintentionally, what can you do other than terminate the program?
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