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> I wonder if they asked Pike and Thompson to invert a binary tree. Would surprise me if they couldn't. Writing compilers include lots of working with trees. P

> I wonder if they asked Pike and Thompson to invert a binary tree. Would surprise me if they couldn't. Writing compilers include lots of working with trees. Pike has literally written a book with a chapter on Algorithms & Data Structures, including trees.

nineplay 6y ago
OK I concede that they'd pass it, I suppose I'm just amused at picturing the scene. "Can you invert a binary tree?" "I wrote a book on binary trees!" "That's very nice. The clock is ticking, you now 19 minutes left... "
- kjs3 6y ago
  I picture the scene as: "...and that's the answer." "Sorry...you're wrong. That's not how we solve it." "I wrote the book on it. I just solved it for you starting from first principles. It can be used as a proof." "Sorry...if you can't think the way we do you just won't fit in."
  - nineplay 6y ago
    "I asked you to write an algorithm, not a bunch of Greek letters. Is that your fraternity or something?"
  - ganafagol 6y ago
    If that's the answer you get, be glad. Dodged a bullet. Go find a job somewhere else where they value your skills. There was no good fit to begin with.