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> handwriting C /…/ reading out what I'd written, semicolons and all, to the interviewer. I had to re-read it to make sure you are not joking. The fact that yo

> handwriting C /…/ reading out what I'd written, semicolons and all, to the interviewer. I had to re-read it to make sure you are not joking. The fact that you were not made me laugh harder. I'm now just saying "retuuurn" in various exaggerated accents.

bitwize 4y ago
I believed it. Amazon tried to make me do the same thing. I stopped the interview.
munificent 4y ago
I'm picturing them arguing vigorously over what character the word "bracket" specifies in American versus British English.
- brigandish 4y ago
  Are brackets different in American English? I'd say the Queen should order a second burning down of Washington but, the way things are going, the locals will probably get to it soon.
  - fourthark 4y ago
    One difference is that we don’t have “round brackets” over here, only parentheses. (We do have “square brackets” however.)
    - usrn 4y ago
      I've heard "lumala" or so but most people just say "paren."
      - 0des 4y ago
        People who say paren are monsters.
    - ILMostro7 4y ago
      brackets are for squares. Peace, man!
      - sunjester 4y ago
        squares are for brackets.
  - c3534l 4y ago
    parens: () brackets: [] braces:{} Versus: brackets: () square brackets: [] curly brackets: {} Still drives me less mad than "inverted commas" though.
    - mshockwave 4y ago
      Here is what Clang uses: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/589b9df4e15131348b8d94406e0667d6e1b7518b/clang/include/clang/Basic/TokenKinds.def#L184 https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/589b9df4e15131348b... parens: () squares: [] braces: {} basically a mixed of British and American English
    - robocat 4y ago
      But don’t many (most?) US programmers call () parentheses? I assume non-programmers in the US call them brackets? 1.9M results: lisp "parentheses" -brackets 800k results: lisp "brackets" -parentheses I admit result counts are more similar if lisp is replaced with “python” or “golang”, but square brackets come up more often for those languages. Disclaimer: I am searching from google.co.nz, and I presume search result counts are not a great proxy measurement for actual usage!
      - SmellTheGlove 4y ago
        No. Most US non-programmers call () parentheses, not brackets.
      - alexander-litty 4y ago
        In my lifetime, “parentheses” has been the canonical way to refer to () in the US. “Brackets” is an umbrella term that can describe one or all of (), {}, and []. If you’re in a context where only one of the bracket types would normally be used, you can just call them “brackets.” Since many people never really use [] and {}, “brackets” casually refers to (). To disambiguate, you can call () “open brackets”, [] “square brackets”, and {} “curly brackets.” And for the cherry on top, {} can be called “curly braces.” That’s my preferred term for them. But it’s awkward to call [] “square braces” and () “open braces” :)

bitwize 4y ago

I believed it. Amazon tried to make me do the same thing. I stopped the interview.

munificent 4y ago

I'm picturing them arguing vigorously over what character the word "bracket" specifies in American versus British English.

brigandish 4y ago
Are brackets different in American English? I'd say the Queen should order a second burning down of Washington but, the way things are going, the locals will probably get to it soon.
- fourthark 4y ago
  One difference is that we don’t have “round brackets” over here, only parentheses. (We do have “square brackets” however.)
  - usrn 4y ago
    I've heard "lumala" or so but most people just say "paren."
    - 0des 4y ago
      People who say paren are monsters.
  - ILMostro7 4y ago
    brackets are for squares. Peace, man!
    - sunjester 4y ago
      squares are for brackets.
- c3534l 4y ago
  parens: () brackets: [] braces:{} Versus: brackets: () square brackets: [] curly brackets: {} Still drives me less mad than "inverted commas" though.
  - mshockwave 4y ago
    Here is what Clang uses: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/589b9df4e15131348b8d94406e0667d6e1b7518b/clang/include/clang/Basic/TokenKinds.def#L184 https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/589b9df4e15131348b... parens: () squares: [] braces: {} basically a mixed of British and American English
  - robocat 4y ago
    But don’t many (most?) US programmers call () parentheses? I assume non-programmers in the US call them brackets? 1.9M results: lisp "parentheses" -brackets 800k results: lisp "brackets" -parentheses I admit result counts are more similar if lisp is replaced with “python” or “golang”, but square brackets come up more often for those languages. Disclaimer: I am searching from google.co.nz, and I presume search result counts are not a great proxy measurement for actual usage!
    - SmellTheGlove 4y ago
      No. Most US non-programmers call () parentheses, not brackets.
    - alexander-litty 4y ago
      In my lifetime, “parentheses” has been the canonical way to refer to () in the US. “Brackets” is an umbrella term that can describe one or all of (), {}, and []. If you’re in a context where only one of the bracket types would normally be used, you can just call them “brackets.” Since many people never really use [] and {}, “brackets” casually refers to (). To disambiguate, you can call () “open brackets”, [] “square brackets”, and {} “curly brackets.” And for the cherry on top, {} can be called “curly braces.” That’s my preferred term for them. But it’s awkward to call [] “square braces” and () “open braces” :)