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by Rury 1285 days ago
Not even that.

There are people out there who have built hash tables, who don't even know what they've built is called a hash table by educated folks. I know this, because I formerly happened to have worked with such a guy, after needing to change some of his code and discussing it with him.

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That reminds me of an interview where I was asked about something about "a module", to which I responded that I needed some clarification, and rattling off like 4 different uses of the word, only to be meant by a blank stare because supposedly I was to guess whatever specific technical term in $techstack the person was referring to.