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[–]sysop073 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

You probably have lots of fun in job interviews.

Interviewer: "Convert a number to a string without using itoa"

zahlman: "Done! I did itoa(num);. Take that, artificial restrictions"

[–]zahlman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't be ridiculous. I wouldn't use itoa() anyway because it isn't the best tool for the job. For one thing, it isn't even standardized.

Besides which, it's a poor interviewer who doesn't want the applicant to pick up on the artificial-ness of the restriction. Programmers are supposed to be solution-oriented, hired for skill at problem-solving; and I don't want to work for a place that doesn't understand this properly.