Q: How do you wait for all children to finish?
Q: how do you call c from java?
Q: How do you connect your (perl) STDIN to a child process?
Q: what does a credit spread mean?
Q: how do you price an interest rate swap?
Q: strengths of java vs c++?
Q: Challenges of multithreading?
A: one feature of java can restrict the number of threads to a number smaller than the number of processors. Can't name that feature.
Q: How do you create a deep copy of a List
Q: Say a master thread puts objects (like tasks or ...) into a shared collection, and work threads pick them up and put results objects into a shared place. How do you ensure data integrity/consistency.
A: the collection has to be thread safe, but all the inside objects need to be guarded too. Any shared object (including the inside objects) need to be guarded.
credit desk -- CDS, corp bonds, MBS
rate desk -- IRS, treasuries
excel VBA, c#
c++ is used by quants but not really others.
