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From: drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Weird C code as test for employment
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Date: Fri, 31-Jul-87 10:37:26 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 31 10:37:26 1987
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It's true that testing someone's ability to read (and write) such
monstrosities as Keller's test isn't testing for their ability to
read and write readable code.  But it is a very good way to filter out
people who are (1) a bit dense, or (2) don't have a good grasp of C.
After all, how many of the readers didn't catch the extra '*' on 'char
****cpp', or didn't know that an extra ',' is allowed at the end of an
initializer list?

I've worked with people who were slow, and it's a real pain, and this
test would have surely eliminated them, as garlic does a vampire.

Dale
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