Re: Meaningless interview questions (was Re: Query regardingINFDS)

That's like asking, "What's the difference between L1 on at Total Time and
L1 on at Detail Time?"

Lessee--  DSPLY  SHTDN   (almost said EXCPT and EXSR)

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com



>"Buck Calabro/commsoft" <mcalabro@commsoft.net> wrote:
>
>>I've been using SHUTDN since the /38.  I figured that was obsolete
>>(after all, I still use it!).
>
>You know the interviews you go to that are designed to show the superiority
>of the techie conducting them and your own relative inferiority, but with
>no relevance whatsoever to your ability to churn out good code? Talk of
>SHTDN reminds me of my all time favourite meaningless technical interview
>question. My source for this is my friend Phil Marsh, who assures me that
>it's genuine.
>
>The question: in RPG/III what are the 5 opcodes without a vowel?
>
>As this question predates the SELEC structure, WHGT and WHLT do not count.
>I bet even John Carr, Charlie Massoglia, and Al Barsa couldn't anwer this
>without looking at the manual. I still have trouble remembering them and
>I've looked it up about 20 times over the years.
>
>I've already given you SHTDN. Good luck, and no peeking at the book.  :-)
>
>Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.


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