I hate these type of technical questions... I find they are just dumb!

• If I could recite 'PI' to the X decimal points is that a good measure of my mathematical abilities?
• If I am a Spelling Bee champion would this indicate my abilities to write better than other people?

NO!

There is more important skills than knowing the subtle differences between coding implementations( this is especially true when you have an interpreter to check your work).

What makes a good programmer? How about,

• Can they write understandable code
• Can they abstract code to make it readable?
• Are their coding behaviors consistent?

To me these are harder to evaluate but drastically more important. It is amazing the number of problems you can avoid with a good approach. A deep knowledge of a languages quirks and behaviors will not take you very far.

I have had horrible interviews with people that decide that knowing this intimate behavior is considered a sign of a good programmer.

These people also end up writing 600 line while() loops. that no one can understand. So I have little respect for individuals who rely upon these sort of evaluations.

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