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Re:A Jigsaw Puzzle Was Given to Ellis Island Immigrants to T... by booleandilemma on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:41AM (#14265664)
I'm starting to wonder if fizzbuzz is becoming so widely known that the type of people who would otherwise fail it are now googling and memorizing how to write it.

Maybe the industry needs a new sanity test.

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Re:A Jigsaw Puzzle Was Given to Ellis Island Immigrants to T... by tbabb on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:43PM (#14267530)
As is the fate of all human endeavors, the task of writing fizzbuzz has been taken over by automation: https://github.com/trbabb/StackFizzBuzz

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Re:A Jigsaw Puzzle Was Given to Ellis Island Immigrants to T... by golergka on Friday May 05, 2017 @01:57AM (#14271400)
It's very widely known among developers who read HN or bl9gs in general. Which is a good filter on its own.
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