Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.026 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; '(so': 0.07; 'methods,': 0.09; 'pointless': 0.09; "wouldn't": 0.11; ':-)': 0.13; 'hire': 0.15; 'folks': 0.15; '-tkc': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'to:name:python list': 0.16; 'string': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'certainly': 0.17; 'tim': 0.18; '>>>': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'decorators': 0.22; 'subject:Questions': 0.22; "i'd": 0.22; 'feature': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'question': 0.27; 'chase': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'knows': 0.30; 'expect': 0.31; 'shift': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'version': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'why': 0.37; 'drop': 0.37; 'far': 0.37; 'data': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'supports': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'days': 0.60; 'range': 0.60; 'company': 0.60; 'received:194': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'more': 0.63; 'skill': 0.65; 'training.': 0.65; 'benefit': 0.70; 'smith': 0.71; 'heh.': 0.84; 'ships': 0.84; 'subject:Interview': 0.84; 'probe': 0.91 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.77,559,1336341600"; d="scan'208";a="566350" X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.sequans.com Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:29:24 +0200 From: Jean-Michel Pichavant User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100328) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Python List Subject: Re: Python Interview Questions References: <1193768041.349129.26350@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <19849142-5214-4c20-87ca-667ba4e2b22e@googlegroups.com> <4FFB7FBF.5080301@tim.thechases.com> In-Reply-To: <4FFB7FBF.5080301@tim.thechases.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1341912567 news.xs4all.nl 6916 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45831 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:25128 Tim Chase wrote: > On 07/09/12 19:27, Roy Smith wrote: > >>> prefer folks that know which features to check availability for >>> deployment. >>> >> Heh. Tell me, when did strings get methods? :-) >> > > IIRC, ~2.0? I'm cognizant of the shift happening from the string > module to string methods, but I wouldn't expect deep history > knowledge--last I checked, RedHat still supports a RHEL version that > ships with 2.4, so that's about as far back as I'd probe these days > (so I'd drop the decorators question now). Certainly not a > deal-breaker either way. Just more data points. > > -tkc > > > > Why would you want to hire someone that knows something pointless as the version where feature X has been introduced ? Just tell him that feature X has been introducted in version Y, costless 2.5sec training. Don't you want to hire someone that knows things you don't and benefit from each others abilities, learning from each others, improving the company global skill range ? JM