Regarding the 0xdeadbeef reference, the answer is "it makes debugging easier when looking at hex dumps". I don't think the interviewer just asked him "explain t

Regarding the 0xdeadbeef reference, the answer is "it makes debugging easier when looking at hex dumps". I don't think the interviewer just asked him "explain the significance of dead beef". He probably first asked "do you know about 0xdeadbeef".