Re: Interview question

On 30 June 2016 at 18:56, John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 2:30 PM, CRPence <crpbottle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I fully understand that the term /delimiter/ *can be* used interchangeably
with /separator/.

Anyone who shares the same bias as the writer, that the /delimiter/ is
implicitly being understood to be a /separator/, in the context of their
writing, I expect would have a much simpler go at the programming task; they
will not be concerned with all the conspicuous difficulties that could arise
when the task is approached with an alternate view of the /delimiters/.

This is why I brought up the meta-game considerations.

This /is/ the Wittgenstein you're looking for :-)

The whole thing smells like one of those psych studies where they tell
you that they are studying the ability to do math problems in your
head while holding ice cubes. But they're really counting how long
you hold the ice before you switch hands or drop it. I wonder what
Big Client is actually trying to measure with their homebrew
psychometrics?
--buck