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Re: I increment things at the _start_ of a loop.

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On 8/6/17, 8:24 PM, in article om8mhe$q18$3@pcls7.std.com, "Michael Moroney"
<moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> wrote:

> Jeff-Relf.Me  @. writes:
> 
>> I increment things at the _start_ of a loop,
>> not at the end, hence:  while ( x++ < 100 )
> 
> You missed my point, of course, being the idea of this exercise is to
> convince a hiring manager that you write quality, clean, maintainable
> code, not to try for the fewest possible lines or even the fastest code.
> If I was the hiring manager, I'd take points off for unnecessary
> obscurity. (actually I wouldn't ask that question)
> 
> Like the Google interview question "how many ping pong balls fit into
> a school bus?"  They don't give a flying fornification about an actual
> number, they want to see how the interviewee would estimate the answer.
> They didn't ask me that when I interviewed with them, however.

I had a similar question at a job interview (basically the same): how many
ping pong balls would fit into a 747.

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