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  2. From: terryt@mcs.com (Terry Trippany)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: Is C/C++ the dominant teaching language?
  5. Date: 11 Jan 1996 16:46:46 GMT
  6. Organization: STR/Baxter Labs
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  15. In article <4bbrmp$bdp@brtph500.bnr.ca>, mancus@bnr.ca says...
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  18. >In article <DJxrD1.77G@cix.compulink.co.uk>, mod@cix.compulink.co.uk 
  19. ("Dominic Monk") writes:
  20. >> If your job is to train programmers so they can get a job, then you
  21. >> ought to be aware that being asked to explain declarations of the form 
  22. :
  23. > 
  24. >> (void *)(char *) f() (float *) t( *int (double y&)[]
  25. >> is a common (but stupid) interview question.
  26. >
  27. >  Personally, I'd be reluctant to hire anyone who wrote code like that.
  28. >
  29. >/-------------------------------------------------------------------\
  30. >|  Catherine Mancus               <cathy@zorac.cary.nc.us>          |
  31. >|  PP-SEL, N5WVR                  "God is a sponge."                |
  32. >\-------------------------------------------------------------------/
  33.  
  34.  
  35. Ditto - The braces don't even match.
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  38. |Terry Trippany                                                         |
  39. |Strategic Technology Resources                                         |
  40. |Chicaco, IL                                                            |
  41. |terryt@mcs.com                                                         |
  42. |                                                                       |
  43. |"Knowing all the ingredients doesn't necessarily make you a good cook!"|
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