Was recently phone interviewed by a recruiter that asked "So do you know data structures and algorithms?" I replied "That's like asking someone if they know Mathematics - can you be a bit more specific?"

I always found algorithms and data structure were the most irrelevant thing to learn when doing computer programming...
Did you ever use a set or linked list to write html code???

@hiestaa took me more than Im proud to admit to get the sarcasm

I also assime that thas was meant to be sarcastic. But Sire this is a thin line!

The fun thing is that's not technically wrong... But God, I don't want to have to work with the intern that's gonna say that for real, ever!

HTML is not programming. It is that easy. Therefore it is technically wrong. And I wouldn't want to work with him either.

@dasheck I disagree, there is no clear distinction between programming and configuring. Ultimately, any code is just a bunch of configuration files that you write for your compiler/interpreter to crunch and produce an actual program with. Seen that way, Javascript is not more programming than html. The only *real* programming language then is assembly which is executed without middleware by your cpu.

The sarcasm is intended as the question in itself is ridiculous. It's such a broad question - how would any of you answer it? "Yes I know linked lists and bubble sort"?