I know this is intended as just a fun test, but the highlight.js library used on these pages adds the language name as part of the class name on the code block...
Show HN: 15-question language identification quiz
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#6313 out of 15 (No idea bout VHDL and Piet)
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#65Got 14/15 but I have a feeling it was only because I made the assumption I would not see the same language twice. Without that assumption a few were toss ups for me. Of all the languages on there the only one in that set I had never used / seen at all is Kotin and that's the one I got wrong. Several of them were mandatory for me to learn in college but I haven't seen since. (looking at you, Prolog and Verilog... Veri…
I also scored 14/15 - got PHP wrong I thought it was Perl which is slightly embarrassing as I've never used PHP but I have used Perl.
PHP and Perl are basically like Spanish and Italian when it comes to syntax. Both can more or less interoperate with the assistance of lots of hand gestures and facial expressions.
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#66Do one with only assembly languages and we have to guess the architecture.
It's all `mov` instructions. Go.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
(Note: I work at Triplebyte.) No CVs -- we skip resumes and cover letters, and match engineers to companies (bypassing recruiter and resume screens) based on demonstrated skills.
Demonstrated how?
They have you take a quiz and (maybe) do an interview with one of their partner companies. FWIW I took the quiz and it was actually one of the better "fill out this survey and we'll see if we want to hire you"'s that I've ever seen: finding subtle-ish errors in code, demonstrating more than beginner knowledge in a couple of languages, and a pretty solid set of design questions. I didn't feel out of my league, but I also didn't feel like my intelligence was insulted.
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#68Wrote code in all but Piet, so knew it was not glsl. I must spend way too much time behind a computer as i also knew all besides Piet even if it was not multiple choice :)
I do think it should be harder; like when you get a lesser known language, also add the choice for others; APL + K + J for instance, or worse (for many) K or J showing either.
C vs C++ vs D.
Prolog vs Haskell vs Ocaml. Curveball there could be something like Mercury.
Haskell vs Purescript.
Re: Show HN: 15-question language identification quiz
#69We (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!
It seems that some of the same questions were difficult or tricky for many people, i.e. the Kotlin question or the Lisp question (which were the two that I missed as well). It would be great to see the stats on this one. Thanks!
Re: Show HN: 15-question language identification quiz
#70We (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!
It seems that some of the same questions were difficult or tricky for many people, i.e. the Kotlin question or the Lisp question (which were the two that I missed as well). It would be great to see the stats on this one. Thanks!