Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : CTips
Date : Wed Aug 17 2005 07:39 am

Chris Sonnack wrote:
> Richard Heathfield writes:
> 
> 
>>>It's a little bit like asking a supposed C programmer about this:
>>>
>>>char*  strconcat(char* s1, char* s2)
>>
>>This appears to be an attempt to build a new string by concatenating
>>two old ones. It has some problems.

>>>    {
>>>        char  buf[256];
>>>
>>>        strcpy(buf, s1);
>>>        strcat(buf, s2);
>>>
>>>        return buf;
>>>    }
>>
>>Firstly, the name is wrong. (Why?)
> Yep.  (Conflicts with authority.)
>>Secondly, some qualifiers are missing from the input parameters. (Which?)
> Yep.  (I'm constantly wondering about stuff like that.)

Sorry, you're both wrong about these two. Care to guess why?

[Yes, its a little nit-picky, but as long as we're testing C 
programmers, we might as well get it right.]

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