Choosing a Programming Language for Interviews

Re:Choosing a Programming Language for Interviews by deckiedan on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @02:59PM (#7186386)

I think you would really enjoy learning some other languages. You obviously understand programming concepts really well... but, node.js for this? really? Even C is less verbose than that JS...:

    #include <stdio.h>
    int main(void){
        unsigned int lineno=0;
        char line[1000];
        unsigned int number;

        while (fgets(line, 999, stdin)) {
            sscanf(line, "%u", &number);
            printf("%u\n", number * lineno++);
        }
        return(0);
    }

which reads stdin, and writes to stdout.

I'm sure the C may not be perfect, I've not really used it in years. Node for a task like this is a bit like using a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier to hammer in a nail...

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Re:Choosing a Programming Language for Interviews by tracker1 on Monday February 17, 2014 @03:53PM (#7254419)

stdin/out for node.js

    var i=0
        ,stream = require("stream")
        ,rl = require('readline').createInterface({
            input: process.stdin
            ,output: new stream.Writable() 
        });
    rl.on('line',function(line){
        process.stdout.write(((+line || 0) * ++i) + '\n');
    });
    process.stdin.resume();

I actually know several languages... ;-) Just find that node is my go to tool these days.

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