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Re: Interview Challenge (Word Reversal)

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Jul 15th, 2007

>I decided to approach it, assuming that I knew absolutely nothing about the type of Token ...
Nice. In fact, I'll accept that as a viable solution.

I also would have accepted a recursive solution:

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#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
 
using namespace std;
 
typedef string Token;
 
void push_frame_arg ( Token tok )
{
  cout<< tok <<'\n';
}
 
bool add_arguments ( istream& tokenizer )
{
  Token tok;
 
  if ( tokenizer>> tok ) {
    add_arguments ( tokenizer );
    push_frame_arg ( tok );
  }
}
 
int main()
{
  istringstream tokenizer ( "arg1 arg2 arg3" );
  Token tok;
 
  add_arguments ( tokenizer );
}
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

typedef string Token;

void push_frame_arg ( Token tok )
{
  cout<< tok <<'\n';
}

bool add_arguments ( istream& tokenizer )
{
  Token tok;

  if ( tokenizer>> tok ) {
    add_arguments ( tokenizer );
    push_frame_arg ( tok );
  }
}

int main()
{
  istringstream tokenizer ( "arg1 arg2 arg3" );
  Token tok;

  add_arguments ( tokenizer );
}

>Which would lead to the question "if not the standard library, what
>library are we to use and where can we find the documentation for it?".
Which would be a good question.

>But you would have to accept a solution using the standard library
>given your stated requirements since they lack mention of
Nope. The point of many of these questions is to figure out exactly what the requirements are before trying to come up with a solution. Vague requirements are very common with clients, and you're basically saying that I (as the client) have to accept your solution as final even if it's your fault that the solution is worthless. How many clients do you think would pay if you tried to pull that?

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Re: Interview Challenge (Word Reversal)

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Originally Posted by Narue

>But you would have to accept a solution using the standard library
>given your stated requirements since they lack mention of
Nope. The point of many of these questions is to figure out exactly what the requirements are before trying to come up with a solution. Vague requirements are very common with clients, and you're basically saying that I (as the client) have to accept your solution as final even if it's your fault that the solution is worthless. How many clients do you think would pay if you tried to pull that?

Indeed - if this thread has taught me one thing, its to question every word of every sentence, and to question every assumption that results .. I guess the old adage reigns true - You only truly understand the problem around the time you've finished creating the solution

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Re: Interview Challenge (Word Reversal)

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Visual Basic is considered the most concise and well implemented computer language currently in existence

By whom? Not by anyone with a grain of intellect...

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Says the net and just like father Christmas and Bill Clinton, the net never lies.

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Jul 16th, 2007

ah, so another fictional delusion?

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Re: Interview Challenge (Word Reversal)

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Originally Posted by jwenting

ah, so another fictional delusion?

basically.

hahah would not be supprised if billy gates himself wrote that.

i'm not a windows basher but billy gates sure does love his visual basic even though it works better for scripting.

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Re: Interview Challenge (Word Reversal)

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Originally Posted by Killer_Typo

i'm not a windows basher but billy gates sure does love his visual basic even though it works better for scripting.

Are you trying to make an ass out of yourself?

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Re: Interview Challenge (Word Reversal)

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Jul 16th, 2007

VB isnt a scripting language you fool.

VBScript is a scripting language (a pretty crappy one). Its not very much like VB.

Regular VB can be used for Server Side Web Page Scripting though (ASP.NET)

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Re: Interview Challenge (Word Reversal)

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People who even think there's a clear line between 'scripting languages' and other languages are the true fools.

Are we allowed to call people fools on this forum?

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Re: Interview Challenge (Word Reversal)

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Originally Posted by Infarction

Are you trying to make an ass out of yourself?

here try this one then. VB sucks, the language is weak and there is no supprise that VB works better as a scripting language (dur VBScript) than VB works as a software language. hope that clears things up for you