if youre a C++ programmer who needs advice about using Java, then you are really not a C++ programmer but someone who like to pretend to be a programmer on programming forums
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Anonymous2011-08-22 12:33
>>7
Maybe, but I know two "professional" C++ programmers that need advice about using Java. Both of them work out in the Boston area.
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Anonymous2011-08-22 13:00
Start cramming as much information as possible about the Java libraries. Java has shit loads of libraries. It's like 10x the size of the Standard C++ Library.
Most interviewers ask you to solve certain problems in Java, and unless you know how to effectively use the libraries, you're fucked.
>>9 Most interviewers ask you to solve certain problems in Java, and unless you know how to effectively use the libraries, you're fucked.
I normally don't ask people to "effectively use the libraries" during the opening questions. Normally me, along with another person will ask stuff like
"Write a function that determines if a word is a palidrome."
If the person gives me the same response as the previous candidates, I'll ask "Now write it using a different algorithm."
>>9
Here is another question that I ask people. Again, please note that I'm not asking the candidate to "effectively use the libraries".
Write a program that will reverse and then sort a string. Usually the clueless/naive will write this using two different functions.
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Anonymous2011-08-22 13:21
>>10
Are you actually in charge of interviewing people, or is it just some cruel joke by your colleagues in which they tell you you're going to be interviewing someone and it's one of their friends and they secretly video tape the whole thing then laugh at your autistic behavior while playing the tape on a 50 inch plasma TV?
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No, I'm not in charge of interviewing people. Haven't you ever been interviewed by a group of people? If so, you can normally tell who is in charge of the interview and who is just tagging along. I'm the person that "tags along".
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Anonymous2011-08-22 13:29
>>13
Do you drink coffee on a daily or weekly basis?
>>22 what's wrong with using two functions to do this?
There's nothing wrong this approach if you're average. The problem is though, a lot of the candidates that we interview are above average/exceptional.
also, you're gay
Well, you would be to if you listened to Wham!
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Anonymous2011-08-23 23:14
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Sort by last letter? Or do you require the words to be reversed?
Because I can't think of a way to do it with one function alone unless you mean on one line.