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Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi... by scarface74 on Friday June 14, 2019 @02:45PM (#20185551)
Would using a built in library be acceptable? Actually in C knowing how to use qsort() does require having a little knowledge of how function pointers work. If they did, I would ask them what could be some drawbacks of using the built in qsort function (function call overhead).

On the other hand, would you accept a bubble sort as a solution? Or the most degenerate case- a bogosort ;) ?

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Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi... by varjag on Friday June 14, 2019 @03:01PM (#20185719)
Bubble sort, bogosort, sleepsort, anything that solves the assignment (gets an array sorted) of course. And no, a library call would not count towards implementation, but it's not too much to ask from candidates with masters degrees.
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