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I feel compelled to point out, as a native English speaker familiar with this sort of mathematics, that the phrasing to "go infinitely" doesn't make much sense.
by gajomi 11y ago
I feel compelled to point out, as a native English speaker familiar with this sort of mathematics, that the phrasing to "go infinitely" doesn't make much sense. Or, if it makes sense, it is at least ambiguous (with plenty of room for the interpretation "diverges to infinity"). The clarification that the author makes about looping (or even better, repeating) is much clearer.
- rdtsc 11y agoAs a non-native English speaker who also interviews candidates, I try make sure to see if the candidate understood and always say it in another way -- For example after saying "go infinitely" (which is a silly way to phrase it) I would also say "it basically loops around", "creates a cycle". Maybe even draw out a little example on a whiteboard.
- jonathankoren 11y agoI have to agree. Reading this article, made me think that the interviewer is either a dick, or bad at conducting interviews. The whole thing seemed to turn on using a word in a nonstandard way to deliberately obscure the problem definition. That's just stupid.