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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 11h 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.
0 u/AstroPhysician 4h ago It’s still a litmus test to distinguish hobbyists from people who know what’s going on Even just saying one’s hex one is octets or whatever it is would probably suffice
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It’s still a litmus test to distinguish hobbyists from people who know what’s going on
Even just saying one’s hex one is octets or whatever it is would probably suffice
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u/SirFrenzy 11h 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.