Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> "This test only measures my knowledge of some obscure C trivia; as 
> others have already written, I try very hard to avoid this kind of C 
> statements anyway. I use parenthesis and typedefs to increase 
> readability. This test says NOTHING about my real coder and 
> problem-solving skills."

> Seems about right to me...

  Well, I'd say the problem is two-fold: On one hand it *is* often a good
idea to avoid obscure "hackerish" solutions which (ab)use seldomly needed
features of the language (just because it might eg. make the code shorter
or a few clock cycles faster). On the other hand, a good C(++) programmer
ought to *know* what those seldomly needed features are and how they work
(in other words, when asked, he should at least have an idea of what it
means and how it works), even if he never uses them. This is especially
true for C, given that it's a relatively short language specification.

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                                                          - Warp

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