The Hacker Test

The Hacker Test

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0035 Can you read and write EBCDIC in hex? -- from THE HACKER TEST
0036 Can you convert from EBCDIC to ASCII and vice versa? -- from THE HACKER TEST
0037 Do you know what characters are the same in both ASCII and EBCDIC? -- from THE HACKER TEST
0038 Do you know maxint on your system? -- from THE HACKER TEST
0039 Ever define your own numerical type to get better precision? -- from THE HACKER TEST
0040 Can you name powers of two up to 2**16 in arbitrary order?
0041 ... up to 2**32? 0042 ... up to 2**64? -- from THE HACKER TEST...
0043 Can you read a punched card, looking at the holes?
0044 ... feeling the holes? -- from THE HACKER TEST...
0045 Have you ever patched binary code? 0046 ... While the program was running?
-- from THE HACKER TEST...
0047 Have you ever used program overlays? -- from THE HACKER TEST
0048 Have you met any IBM vice-president? 0049 Do you know Dennis, Bill, or Ken?
-- from THE HACKER TEST...

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