From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: "Kurt E. Huhner" Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/08/04 Message-ID: <3204FEDA.61AB@ncs-ssc.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 172033056 references: <31FDFB6C.2781E494@att.com> <4u0adc$qcp@ns.broadvision.com> to: patrick@broadvision.com cc: "Timothy E. Raborn" content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Nation Computer Services, Inc., http://www.ncs-ssc.com mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: khuhner@ncs-ssc.com newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5aGold (Win95; I) Date: 1996-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Patrick Horgan wrote: > > I interviewed someone with a masters in CS and years of experience recently > that couldn't correctly code a strcmp() function. He's been working with C++, > yet though a constructor returned something. Things like this are not the > exception but the rule in the interviews I do...it's sad. How do people stay > in the industry when they don't even know the basic use of their tools? I know!!! I have a Masters degree and roughly ten years of experiece. I am a GUI software engineer and extensive experience in my field, including C. It kills me (actually makes me laugh) when a customer comes to me a asks for solid code and then moans over the rate @ $80/hr. They need to go and find one of these guys... > that couldn't correctly code a strcmp() function. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out "How'd You Do That? X/Motif Tips & Tricks," a monthly column written for The X Advisor at http://www.unx.com/DD/advisor/huhner/toc.shtml. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ Kurt E. Huhner, Software Consultant MailTo:khuhner@ncs-ssc.com Nation Computer Services, Inc. http://www.ncs-ssc.com Bldg. 9110, MSAAP Voice: (601)689-8100 Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 Fax: (601)689-8130 ============================================================================