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Re:Why it’s hard for programmers to write a program to flatt... by whorleater on Friday February 24, 2017 @02:46PM (#13727055)
> The second issue is that a question like that is not even remotely fair across programming languages. What about types?

I wonder if part of this test is to see if a programmer will choose a language that's appropriate for it. Picking the right tool for the job and whatnot.

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