Comment by sesqu
15 years ago
I don't like this question. Comparison- or value-based? Worst in the average or the best case? What's to stop me from mapping the inputs into, say, busy beaver space?
15 years ago
I don't like this question. Comparison- or value-based? Worst in the average or the best case? What's to stop me from mapping the inputs into, say, busy beaver space?
Just the fact that you object and have something interesting to say puts you ahead of ninety percent of the candidates I see.
[One guy, no foolin', told a cow-orker that a byte, on an Intel platform, contained four bits. Wow.]
In an actual interview situation, I'd be likely to just choke, because it's a question I can't get a good handle on. I hope you prod & probe when asking that question.