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Why or how did fizzbuzz earn its place in lore? The functional why was as a filter for eliminating impostors. At the time it was new, no one could look up the
by stcredzero 8y ago
Why or how did fizzbuzz earn its place in lore?
The functional why was as a filter for eliminating impostors. At the time it was new, no one could look up the answers for it, because it was such an arbitrary problem. Now, it's just a curiosity.
- henrikschroder 8y agoI wonder how widespread it's become in shitty prepare-for-coding-interview materials, so variations might be needed, but as a tool for identifying non-programmers, it is extremely good. It's ridiculous how good it is, it really shouldn't be, because as a decent programmer, it's so hard to understand how anyone could apply for a programming job, yet still be so bad at programming that they can't pass the test. And yet, there are so many people like that it's fucking scary.