14/15. I basically only program Python, but I guessed based on vague stereotypes of different languages. The wrong one was guessing Java for C#.
That's a pretty fair toss-up if you're not familiar with either.
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#72it was a fun test. i got like 13/15. not too bad i think considering the people who are on this site are making mistakes as well. maybe i deserve a higher salary?
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#73I got 12/15 initially. Then I followed the link to retry the test, and somehow got 15/15. It's amazing how quickly you can progress as an engineer.
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#74We (Triplebyte) actually tested a while ago whether identifying languages was predictive as an interview question (we thought it might predict general experience / exposure to lots of code). It was not predictive of anything. So this quiz is just for fun!
Came here just to confirm this. I got all right but it doesn't seem to be valid test for hiring. Fun quiz! :)
Can confirm. I'm a terrible programmer but got 100%. I guess it selects for people with very unfocused careers and no real specialism.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ditto. I'm positive that code would be valid Perl with the right libraries. Which isn't saying much.
Same here, because I knew they intersected and presumed it was a trick question. Technically, I believe it is neither valid perl nor PHP because it's missing an opening brace on one of the if statements.
PHP lets you skip using curly braces for conditionals. I've seen real-world code which used this style only once, and it was about as bad as you'd expect.
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#76My startup provides online compiler service for 20+ languages[0] so my work involves testing every language frequently. So this was easy for me.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
Came here just to confirm this. I got all right but it doesn't seem to be valid test for hiring. Fun quiz! :)
Can confirm. I'm a terrible programmer but got 100%. I guess it selects for people with very unfocused careers and no real specialism.
One could as easily argue that it selects for people who closely follow Hacker News - I got 15/15 too, but only because I'd previously seen several of the more esoteric languages mentioned here.
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#78> Just as the ++ in the name C++ is intended to imply that C++ is a step above C, the # in the name C# is intended to resemble two ++ operators stacked on each other, indicating that C# is a step above C++. I've sort of followed C# since it was released, and never realized this.
I recall C# being a musical reference (a higher note than c), which is why it's pronounced C-sharp and not say, c-pound. I would occasionally call it Db (D-flat) to be an arse. I'm not sure if there was a formalized reasoning behind the name or if what I heard was just a rationalisation.
a complete arse would reply that Db and C# are not the same thing.
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#79All fun and games till the plug at the end...
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#80Interestingly enough, question 5 is actually syntactically correct Perl, but not PHP.
Well, it is correct PHP as it is missing an opening "When interpreting as PHP however
if(isset($_SESSION['uid']))
header("Location: reg");
}