On 8/4/2012 9:03, clipka wrote:
> are merely there to filter out people who do know the syntax but don't have
> the slightest clues about algorithm design, performance issues and so forth.

They work pretty well for filtering out people who, amazingly, have been 
programming for 20+ years and can't (for example) write a program to print 
out the first 50 prime numbers.  We wouldn't have fizzbuzz if we were 
filtering out people who knew syntax but not algorithms.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."

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