From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5684 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2023 04:46:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Jan 2023 04:46:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C7A9424CD; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 14:46:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-lj1-f172.google.com (mail-lj1-f172.google.com [209.85.208.172]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69567424C4 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 14:46:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-lj1-f172.google.com with SMTP id q2so30749853ljp.6 for ; Mon, 02 Jan 2023 20:46:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heliconbooks-com.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=cMe3HhyXAXV48TtOVFQ8/ahLjR+wvRMujzUbDEFwcFY=; b=RXnBx6PXlD5Xh7x5J4Rz5C2IdrbZrPUjULoDjx4f2JHDZXgKzRrlgxjiRi60N521qK rkCp/hwebln68Hu4f84XAg3LIWROTcHO40aPpTG+l20AXKZ6AnqC7rmIkPsLUZCthis6 +vypMyxHAct9IXJgS6+driQbf9PrC8rMUo4YoRM0MRu4sH6ra0oOVvJV4MHIuA6OEIba PPyiKhUdenEnx4F4UM0aJU9E8XooIVMHZdnxQpu1cr2WSAaAcAqiJW3r/yzeOcYLTs4l 0jyL9p0kD37iV3bW6sauYL+hbDa4uDVEyA5FOiPahTMbZ6kdLiVReR+bj7Q6/W6TjsCW ubiw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=cMe3HhyXAXV48TtOVFQ8/ahLjR+wvRMujzUbDEFwcFY=; b=jQc5F+MuzrBQo+aNeYzB4Nsg9snsHf8b3ytYFSYLHlRPvPLGFDHr7vKGwZUQkmeWe6 +qyecSjghYG34zPO/hgJCkABt4hO0tY5WhSqMLFdP1Ca9u/Wwi1cQx8h24VizfRuujdq /xgvMlPUfR9v7rfYYWZumpxPnSoO/rUcLNbnaF+HX/6Bo6rWMEgJ0jNztaP+NOtZ8dbm OA85h0s4pU6eHgwON/AA45z3xnoKYawg2GXHiB4khTGv2QfNojo8uQU3e8fj8Df/iL/3 ti1Si877rauNQzzbdkFd2THccSXzPSF2/x/goYJotb9ACbB3jBAB8fC5H+Cif1yFss5j wSlA== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kohriaaNRUiZ9a9tCTmYKEnsRz1ZSFQzwlTeP95Wn6hiNRXR8Eq bWETflR+/+dIz7az7zcqrDAsH9uP+5Ms0a1IUBt8Mw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXumCWs+So5jJuq47uzYyhmPOZ8VYCrLxf3xHxNmDmuYIyiyIiYZAdBbAV7vOAdvHeymWj9dTs6eWOVfOD8mH5Q= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:9b58:0:b0:27f:fc7b:833a with SMTP id o24-20020a2e9b58000000b0027ffc7b833amr112016ljj.514.1672721100601; Mon, 02 Jan 2023 20:45:00 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230102203646.GT25547@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: <20230102203646.GT25547@mcvoy.com> From: Ori Idan Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 06:44:23 +0200 Message-ID: To: Larry McVoy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000028f8805f154bba6" Message-ID-Hash: VFWDNON36A4KI347C5J3KNIES4KLR3TZ X-Message-ID-Hash: VFWDNON36A4KI347C5J3KNIES4KLR3TZ X-MailFrom: ori@helicontech.co.il X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Interview question List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000028f8805f154bba6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Nice question, but I don't see the connection. -- Ori Idan CEO Helicon Books http://www.heliconbooks.com On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 10:37 PM Larry McVoy wrote: > The /bin/sh stuff made me think of an interview question I had for > engineers, > that a surprisingly few could pass: > > "Tell me about something you wrote that was entirely you, the docs, the > tests, the source, the installer, everything. It doesn't have to be a > big thing, but it has to have been successfully used by at least 10 > people who had no contact with you (other than to say thanks)." > > Most people fail this. I think the people who pass might look > positively on the v7 sh stuff. But who knows? > --000000000000028f8805f154bba6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Nice question, but I don't see the connection.

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On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 10:37 PM La= rry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
The /bin/sh stuff= made me think of an interview question I had for engineers,
that a surprisingly few could pass:

"Tell me about something you wrote that was entirely you, the docs, th= e
tests, the source, the installer, everything.=C2=A0 It doesn't have to = be a
big thing, but it has to have been successfully used by at least 10
people who had no contact with you (other than to say thanks)."

Most people fail this.=C2=A0 I think the people who pass might look
positively on the v7 sh stuff.=C2=A0 But who knows?
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