From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 08:54:52 +0000 From: comeau@panix.com (Greg Comeau) Message-ID: References: <20090903193814.GA1275@polynum.com>, Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote Topicbox-Message-UUID: 67ac17ba-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 In article , Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan wrote: >> C shall be the test. If you don't even understand C, explained by K&R, >> then do something else. >i agree to this completely. after taking a formal course in computers, >if someone cannot read/follow K&R C book and cannot write C code, i >would think that the candidate is not good enough. Comes full circle, as if that is the metric, then that rules out most candidates. -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 with C++0xisms now in beta! Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?