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Re: Python Interview Questions

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Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
> Why would you want to hire someone that knows something pointless as the 
> version where feature X has been introduced ?

As an example from today, if someone claimed to have 5+ years of Python 
experience, but didn't know that 'with' was standard in 2.6 (or at least 
the end of the 2.x cycle) I would be suspicious that they actually had 
the experience they claimed.

~Ethan~

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      Re: Python Interview Questions Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2012-07-10 11:29 +0200
        Re: Python Interview Questions Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-10 16:44 +0000
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        Re: Python Interview Questions Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-07-10 19:44 -0700
      Re: Python Interview Questions Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-07-10 09:05 -0700
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