On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:58:43 -0700, "Sasha Pachev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > For Michael Torrie and others who argue productivity vs performance. I > want to > see a high-performant C solution not because I expect the potential > candidate to > write everything in C. I want to test the following:
Could a good PHP developer learn enough C to pass your test? Certainly. But he's probably not going to waste his time on it when there are plenty of employers looking for something a bit more... relevant. I would have called myself a C programmer once. That was 10 years ago. The world is moving on; C is increasingly a niche language. I strongly suspect that the only real reason to have a C-based test for a PHP development position is that the interviewer knows how to distinguish between adequate and excellent skills in C, but does not know how to do so in more modern languages. -Jonathan -- C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. --Scott McKay /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
