c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · groctel@lemmy.world · 30 Aug 2026 18:43

reason enough to fail the interview

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A picture of Edsger Dijkstra with a concerned face and the following text on top: How software engineers look at your code when you solve the problem using two tables — instead of using the Maxwell-Ross-Karmakar algorithm, which is marginally optimal in ordered sets bijectable to the exponential curve

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@Laser@feddit.org · 1 Sep 2026

Well, but the question wasn’t “what is a hash used for”, but rather “what is a hash”

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- @kamen@lemmy.world · 1 Sep 2026
  
  Then it’s not all that ambiguous and could be answered with one sentence.
  
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  - @Laser@feddit.org · 1 Sep 2026
    
    Technically, the question was even easier (yes/no), but I agree with the sentiment
    
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