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Re:FizzBuzz in ten languages by crispyambulance on Monday December 31, 2018 @11:42AM (#18795345)
The whole point of fizzbuzz is to filter for people that can just solve a tiny problem in a reasonably short time-- that's it. Most interviewers will even give some slack if the person has to look up the modulo operator or even do with out it.

If someone can't do it at all there's some kind of serious issue with the way they're approaching the problem, or perhaps they're just not capable of doing it.

But another common way for people to fail or at least get red-flagged is to over-think it and come up with a turgid solution-- like using lambda calculus!

Simple problem. Simple solution. Nothing fancy. Going against that is asking for failure.

Re:FizzBuzz in ten languages by wz1000 on Monday December 31, 2018 @11:46AM (#18795375)
Lambda calculus isn't a "solution" to fizz buzz, it's just another language you can implement fizz buzz in, which is what the parent poster was likely intending to demonstrate.
Re:FizzBuzz in ten languages by tonyedgecombe on Monday December 31, 2018 @01:30PM (#18796061)
It's just a bit of fun, nobody is suggesting you do this in an interview.
Re:FizzBuzz in ten languages by austincheney on Monday December 31, 2018 @10:26PM (#18798737)
The lambda calculus approach provides an answer that is a theoretical solution for multiple programming languages. With very minor changes the same answer can apply to C Lang or JavaScript.