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>Well, I think a lot of web programmers do not really know how to program.
>If someone is going to be offended that a potential employer asks them to reverse a linked list in an interview -- something that seems a bit trendy in the web world lately and several such articles have made the HN front page -- then look, that person does not really know how to program, so of course they think it's hard to do basic stuff. Such a person's opinion on how hard things are is not that relevant to how hard they are given a reasonable background education.
>Probably this sounds snobby to some people, but look, programming well is a never-ending pursuit, you can spend your whole life getting better, but it won't help anyone advance if we all pretend that everyone is good already.
What did he mean by this?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11978614
>>55305466
>jon blow
>relevant
>>55305466
How can you not know how to reverse a linked list? As soon as you understand how the thing is built, you intuitively understand how to reverse it.
>>55305531
RM -RF THIS
>>55305531
A better question is why would anyone use a linked list?
