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    #11
    Re: which compiler

    Cobol compiler

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      #12
      Re: which compiler

      haw haw

      Is borland the best one to download or bloodshed?

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        #13
        Re: which compiler

        Borland?

        Not to my taste, Visual Studio V6.0 with SP5 and Processor pack. Don't use the latest Service Pack as you lose the ability to use the SIMD and MMX intrinsics.

        Spod - In "you probably won't use them anyway....but" mode!

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          #14
          Re: which compiler

          Just an addendum to BrainBench. I've subsequently passed the test after a second attempt only to be told by the interviewer in another department of the same company that their experience was that BrainBench wasn't a good indicator ! (surprise surprise:rolleyes ) and proceeded to give a somewhat better verbal test.

          The only way you can pass BrainBench (i.e. "guru" status :rolleyes ) is practice it. I can't believe that anybody would pass it cold even after reading c++ books.

          Hopefully they'll get rid of this BrainBench cos it's simply forcing everybody to pay about 50 dollars ago in practice runs just to pass it, not to mention sweat blood and toil.

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            #15
            Re: which compiler

            The only way you can pass BrainBench (i.e. "guru" status ) is practice it. I can't believe that anybody would pass it cold even after reading c++ books.
            That's where experience comes into the equation!

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              #16
              Re: which compiler

              Especially if the C++ books were written by a certain H*rb Sch*ldt, allegedly.

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                #17
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                That's where experience comes into the equation!
                Experience doesn't help, lets face it how often have you implemented ->*. and the brainbench is full of obscure things that you normally don't use, plus they give you 1.5 minutes to answer each question, with all sorts of nasty obscure code rotating bits etc and bit arithmetic in recursive routines. Then there are the ambiguous jargon questions.

                A $20 practice session will give you an idea

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                  #18
                  Re: .

                  Reminds me of an interview I had with a twat from Philips in Cambridge.

                  It did not go well.

                  230 miles there, got lost, late, not even offered a glass of water, fecked the interview up then 230 miles back.

                  Never again.

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