By no means belief a programmer who says they know C++ by Louis Brandy

2023-06-05 03:34:26

I’ve been in an interviewing mindset for awhile and I’ve come to understand one thing vital about C++ specifically. C++ is a “two peak” language. That’s to say C++ is the one language I do know of the place two very completely different units of programmers take into account themselves effectively versed within the language. Let me present you in faux graph kind:

Programmers (particularly these coming from C) can in a short time stand up to hurry in C++ and really feel fairly proficient. These programmers will inform you that they know C++. They’re mendacity. As a programmer continues in C++, they undergo this valley of frustration the place they totally come to phrases with the complete complexity of the language. The excellent news is that it’s very easy to inform the distinction between C++ programmers pre- and post- valley (in an interview, on this case). Simply point out that C++ is an especially giant and complicated language, and the post-valley folks gives you 127 completely different tiny frustrations they’ve with the language. The pre-valley folks will say “Yea, I suppose. I imply, it’s simply C with courses.”.