A Regular Expression Matcher (2007)

Re:A Regular Expression Matcher (2007) by elteto on Thursday February 13, 2020 @12:41PM (#22319670)

We software types must be masochists. It took Rob Pike an hour in the comfort of his private office to write this piece of code. How is this _at all_ like a typical software interview?

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Re:A Regular Expression Matcher (2007) by dmos62 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @01:31PM (#22320085)

You're right. At the same time, could it be interesting to see how someone approaches (not solves) an intimidating problem?

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Re:A Regular Expression Matcher (2007) by reificator on Thursday February 13, 2020 @05:40PM (#22322135)

Also known as hazing.

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