A few years ago I was on a pretty good multi-person phone interview with a
large Ohio software company when the topic of 'standards' came up. I
responded that I respect the 'house rules'. Then they asked whether I use
the 4 letter word and when I replied yes, you'd have thought I was I was
dressing up as Hitler for a Bar Mitzvah. They couldn't have concluded that
otherwise 60 minute interview any faster. It was like I had the plague.

My 1 cent.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Hiscock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: RE: [U2] GT vs > (was RE: U2 Users Digest... (really Standards))


> > A while back I was asked in an interview about "coding
> > philosophy" or something like that.  When I replied that
> > I ALWAYS use GT instead of a greater-than-sign the
> > interviewer jumped to his feet and shook my hand.
>
> I'm not quite such a stickler about GT vs. > or NE vs. <> vs. #, but I DO
> use EQ for conditionals vs. = for assignment.  Guess it stems from the 'C'
> background (== vs. =) ;-)
>
> Larry Hiscock
> Western Computer Services
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