This was my sentiment. I've been asked (and succeeded, presumably so do other people) to write pseudocode to solve more complicated problems than this on a whi

This was my sentiment. I've been asked (and succeeded, presumably so do other people) to write pseudocode to solve more complicated problems than this on a whiteboard, in an interview. Maybe this seems harder to people unaccustomed to C. I don't know. It seems like it would make sense to aim just a little higher, though. I recognize that it has to be a small enough that people won't be put off by it, but most people will be willing to invest the fifteen minutes necessary to solve a mildly complicated problem.