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It makes a decent interview question tho', "explain the difference between cat file|./prog and ./prog <file". It doesn't even matter if they get it wrong, that
by gaius 10y ago
It makes a decent interview question tho', "explain the difference between cat file|./prog and ./prog <file". It doesn't even matter if they get it wrong, that they even know there is a difference is a very good sign.
- rfw 10y agoI think most people wouldn't know the difference (I had no idea!) and the knowledge might fall into the realm of obscure trivia.
- gaius 10y agoPeople who have come into SA work via being C programmers usually figure it out, they make the best SAs because they are mentally equipped to reason about a system from first principles.