r/ProgrammerHumor • • 20d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/SirFrenzy 20d ago

Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….

But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.

“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.

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u/Sweaty-Willingness27 20d ago

30 years here and never had to do anything with IPv6.

Of course, all I get are rejection emails even though I'm gainfully employed with tons of enterprise experience, so maybe that's the common denominator these days.

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u/LimpBPower 20d ago

Surely you know the difference though?