From: ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk   
      
   Tim Rentsch  writes:   
      
   > I think this problem would make a good interview question,   
   > provided care were taken to phrase it so the subtleties were   
   > still there, but possible points of confusion were reduced.   
   > Not that I know how to do that... :)   
      
   I didn't make a good job of presenting it.  It certainly didn't pique   
   anyone else's interest, but then comp.programming is not well populated.   
      
   One thing that struck me was that I had not come across this before.  I   
   was surprised that this was not one of those idioms that one absorbs   
   along the way.  I suppose it is of limited use.   
      
   --   
   Ben.   
      
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