Re: not enough real programmers?

[genew@shuswap.net (Gene Wirchenko)]

Eric Smith <eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com> wrote:

>> prs@gol.com (Peter Stephenson) suggests the job interview task:
>> 4.  "Write a program to perform a "perfect shuffle" on an array of 52
>> numbers." 
>
>mojaveg@ridgecrest.ca.us (Everett M. Greene) writes:
>> Anybody with a good answer to question 4 doesn't need to be interviewing
>> for a job.  There are any number of companies, academic institutions,
>> etc. who would like a definitive answer to that problem.
>
>I don't see why that should be a big problem.  The program would simply
>use the provided RNG (Random Number Generator).  :-)

     Please post your code.  I think some of us may have a surprise or
two for you.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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