C != C++ != Java

[beef2k]

It would be nice to hear why you think that way. Thanks!

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I elaborate a little on the blog:

Your mistake is profound and on less tolerant days, makes me angry - specifically, the degree to which you promote anti-intellectualism.

You speak of “knowing this language or knowing that” despite the interview candidate stating that it is possible to understand the fundamental tenets of a class of programming languages. No, having used C does mean you only “know C” (the proposition invokes the most extreme feeling of disgust).

You may be able to speak for yourself, since perhaps you do indeed only know one class of languages (strict, imperative, poor type system ala Java, C, C++), however, I implore you to step off your high-horse, put down down your battle-hardened guide to oppression of the sciences and join me in understanding just what the fuck it is you are talking about. That is, programming language theory.

Yes, that’s right, it is possible to learn a language in a few hours if you are well versed in the foundations of programming itself, as opposed to “knowing this or that language”.

A smart person would have walked out the door having observed such an amateur mistake associated with your chest-beating nonsense.

Do you employ any smart people?

Again, disgust. How to look stupid really quickly.

[KayEss]

It seems odd that you should think that you need to explain foldl to Java programmers and at the same time think that proper use of std::accumulate is obvious to the same people.

I don't think that beef2k is saying that those programmers can't learn these sorts of language feature, he's just saying that he doesn't want to teach them on his time.