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You’re interviewing for a Ruby job, and the interviewer poses the following question:
You’re reviewing some code and find the line
config ||= config
. What do you infer?
Well, what DO you infer?
- The author of that code is insane.
- The author is sane, was trying to __________
- The author is sane, but didn’t know about Ruby feature __________
- The company is insane for posing questions like this in an interview.
(Question courtesy of Peter Cooper)
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Reginald Braithwaite | Sciencx (2023-02-08T22:53:32+00:00) » config ||= config. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2013/05/02/config-config/.
MLA" » config ||= config." Reginald Braithwaite | Sciencx - Thursday May 2, 2013, https://www.scien.cx/2013/05/02/config-config/
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