[Pollster1]

. . . more than 60% candidates cannot even write code that compiles, only 1.4% can write functionally correct and efficient code.

I would like to know the comparable numbers for American programmers. I suspect we are well short of 100% also, although probably much better than India, but I would like to know how big the difference is. I am okay with "functionally correct" but curious how strict their standard is for "efficient" code.

[COBOL2Java]

I would like to know the comparable numbers for American programmers. I suspect we are well short of 100% also, although probably much better than India, but I would like to know how big the difference is. I am okay with "functionally correct" but curious how strict their standard is for "efficient" code.

Hey, leave the inefficient code out there. More work opportunities for my company! Heh heh... :-)

My co-worker's last project had an app his team inherited that was opening and closing a cursor in the PHP code multiple times for no reason. He rewrote the code and upped the efficiency a ridiculous amount.

[central_va]

Nobody can write code that complies the first time. It is an iterative process. I know 5 different languages and if you wanted me to compile a program that prints “Hello World” the first time it would probably not compile. I would make some stupid syntax error. But the second time it would run just fine. This is a stupid test.