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Re:Most common mistakes during interviews by MattGaiser on Sunday August 30, 2020 @02:04PM (#24324619)
Why is that so horrible? I prefer it because I am prone to missing the ! when tired (which is a problem as my project has complex conditionals).

Functions are not always consistent about returning a Boolean either. Bad design/naming, but you work with what you have got.

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Re:Most common mistakes during interviews by hinkley on Sunday August 30, 2020 @03:11PM (#24325117)
Well, for one case, I’ve seen people work really hard to test a == b, or alternatively a != b when a and b are Booleans.

I think some classes were not mandatory in school, or people hated that class.

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