and if you didn't know this going into an interview, you probably had no business going in the first place. It's not a trick question, it's as much a part of q

and if you didn't know this going into an interview, you probably had no business going in the first place. It's not a trick question, it's as much a part of quality software development to ask the right questions as it is to start hacking on the keyboard. The right answer to any interview question starts with "it depends, ..."