That's a reasonable answer. But, I meant they seemed to have little understanding or interest. I don't interview much, and I'm probably a poor interviewer. But, I guess I was expecting some discussion.

I ran into some comp sci graduates in the early 80's who did not know what a "register" was.

To be fair, though, I come up short on a lot of things comp sci graduates know.

It's why Andrei Alexandrescu and I made a good team. I was the engineer, and he the scientist. The yin and the yang, so to speak.