At 12/31/2008 01:16 PM, you wrote: >--- In [email protected], "kocmotex" <kocmo...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Pedro Izecksohn <izecksohn@> wrote: > > > > > > --- kocmotex wrote: > > > > ... the inability of academia to shift gears. After all, if > > > > some of the other free C compilers were taught, such as Pelles C, > > > > lcc-win32, Dev-C, etc, the academia might have to re-write some of > > > > their arcane quiries, such as triple pre-or-postfix notation, viz. > > > > +++y, c---, et al. > > > > svegda, > > > >8X--- snip ---X8 > > >Excuse me again. What I should have added to the preceding comment is >that there are many times when we are asked an arcane and ludicrous >question. We are so taken aback by how ridiculousness the question is >that we begin to question ourselves. Have we really missed something >that was obvious, or did I fall asleep during that lecture? The truth >is that the question is so off the wall, that we are taken by surprise. > >If statements are only used to make a CHOICE between bifurcated >conditions. The question applies to a NON-bifurcated situation and as >such is wholly meaningless. > >A unique feature of the C language is the use of pre-and-post >mathematical notation which avoids the old FORTRAN statement, >g = g + 1, et cetera. > >I hope that this helps to clear the air regarding these interview >questions. > > svegda, Kocmotex
Someone has had too much coffee ;-) ~Rick
