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The KSplice Pointer Challenge (2011)

17 pointsby mr_tyzicabout 11 years ago

3 comments

smwabout 11 years ago
Having to interview a number of people for development jobs at various points of my life, I found that one of the most valuable questions I asked was &quot;What is a pointer?&quot;.<p>My best guess is that at least 60-70% of the people I interviewed who listed C or C++ experience on their resume were completely unable to give a coherent answer.
afarrellabout 11 years ago
Considering that after Ksplice acquired Oracle, Waseem founded another startup that got acquired and now works for Dropbox, I wonder if that email address at the bottom still works.
delluminatusabout 11 years ago
Huh. So what&#x27;s the value of <i>x</i> before it&#x27;s &quot;decayed&quot; into a pointer?