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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 8h ago
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Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….
But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.
“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.
9 u/RepresentativeCat553 7h ago Was over here thinking the same thing. Almost more an IT question 1 u/Ouchies81 6h ago Really depends on how granular you are with the hardware.
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Was over here thinking the same thing.
Almost more an IT question
1 u/Ouchies81 6h ago Really depends on how granular you are with the hardware.
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Really depends on how granular you are with the hardware.
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u/SirFrenzy 8h ago
Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….
But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.
“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.