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		NickPollard on May 27, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Interviewing programmers: coding test results. Defensive programming is not always the correct assumption though.

jacquesm on May 27, 2010 [–]

any assumption is wrong, but when given the choice between two assumption (safe vs unsafe) safe is best.

I did note in my 'answer' that the problem wasn't specified fully.

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