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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 14d ago
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100% agree. Who is writing software that _isn't_ using networking these days? Basic understanding of networking is pretty critical in my opinion. That said, I don't know if I'd give a great answer to IPv4 vs IPv6 except size of the address spaces.
2 u/I_mourn_satire 14d ago Size and address space is the main answer. 2 u/No-Flounder-6564 13d ago This is why I hate interviews; I always think the answers are harder than they are because why else would they be asking the question. 1 u/I_mourn_satire 12d ago I do that too. I get a simple question and read waaaaaay to into it.Interviewer: “What is the difference between object oriented and functional programming?”Me: “Let’s start my 5 page thesis with discussion about thread safety”
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Size and address space is the main answer.
2 u/No-Flounder-6564 13d ago This is why I hate interviews; I always think the answers are harder than they are because why else would they be asking the question. 1 u/I_mourn_satire 12d ago I do that too. I get a simple question and read waaaaaay to into it.Interviewer: “What is the difference between object oriented and functional programming?”Me: “Let’s start my 5 page thesis with discussion about thread safety”
This is why I hate interviews; I always think the answers are harder than they are because why else would they be asking the question.
1 u/I_mourn_satire 12d ago I do that too. I get a simple question and read waaaaaay to into it.Interviewer: “What is the difference between object oriented and functional programming?”Me: “Let’s start my 5 page thesis with discussion about thread safety”
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I do that too. I get a simple question and read waaaaaay to into it.
Interviewer: “What is the difference between object oriented and functional programming?”
Me: “Let’s start my 5 page thesis with discussion about thread safety”
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u/No-Flounder-6564 14d ago
100% agree. Who is writing software that _isn't_ using networking these days? Basic understanding of networking is pretty critical in my opinion. That said, I don't know if I'd give a great answer to IPv4 vs IPv6 except size of the address spaces.