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>He is asking me about why a JS compiler is removing his comments Huh ? language parsers remove comments because they're comments, that's literally by definiti
by Banana699 5y ago
>He is asking me about why a JS compiler is removing his comments
Huh ? language parsers remove comments because they're comments, that's literally by definition. Are you (or your past interviewer) using "comments" in a different sense ?
(Also, not trying to be a pedant on you I swear, but technically JS is traditionally interpreted. Most mature runtimes have compilers but it's not part of the API. It's just a juvenile pet peeve of mine when language implementations are generically referred to as compilers.)
>he actually said as I was leaving "make sure you understand databases for your next interview" with a massive shit-eating grin
I sincerely hope from my heart of hearts that company or department is in it's well deserved position in the depths of the toilet now, or at any rate that specific person.
- hogFeast 5y agoI actually can't remember the details. I believe we were talking about Babel...so, technically, a transpiler. Or it actually could have been one of those code bundlers (I seem to remember they were using browserify...this was a while ago but I believe most people were already using webpack then...JS...what a mess). Actually can't find him at the company anymore. But the company isn't doing too well (although they seem to have moved into a nicer office). Revenue down 50% last year (from a small number to an even smaller number), costs up 60%, losing substantially more money than they have revenue, the operations guy who did my interview isn't there anymore either...true "tech company things". I didn't the impression that the company was that bad, they were more "much steam, no fire".