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tsm on July 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Ace a Startup Engineering Interview Part 1

I think the stock of people who are comfortable with Lisp but know nothing about C has dwindled to be almost non-existent.

heretohelp on July 25, 2012 [–]

I sorta know both, but I'm generally more comfortable speaking in terms of Lisp than C and if an interviewer forces me to speak in terms of C I'm likely to be less cogent.

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