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Reminds me of an interview I conducted years ago. I asked the candidate what they would do to make their code run faster. They suggested using the V8 JavaScript
by sgtnoodle 3y ago
Reminds me of an interview I conducted years ago. I asked the candidate what they would do to make their code run faster. They suggested using the V8 JavaScript engine so that it would be JIT compiled. We were talking about code written in C++, intended to be run on an embedded microcontroller...
Also reminds me of many years ago in college, when somebody gave a presentation claiming that java was unquestionably more efficient than C++. I had a lot of questions...
- lynx23 3y agoOnly tangentially related, but this reminds me of a MCSE training I once attended in the 90s, where the trainer claimed Microsoft Passwords are so secure that they can not be cracked in a reasonable amount of time. I couldn't hide my amusment. Since this got him fired up, he went as far as saying "If you believe otherwise, find my password!" to which I replied "No need for that, already done." Thanks l0phtCrack, you made my day.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 3y agoI met many Microsoft lawyers over the years who behaved the same way. The enthusiasm is effective perhaps, even when it's grounded in ignorance. MS is like a cult.
- samwillis 3y ago> more efficient I was going to make a quip about efficiency being more than execution, with development efficiency also being important. But then with it being a comment about C++ vs Java I decide not to...