From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 24/11/2022 12:06 am, Ben Bacarisse wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   The trouble is that it comes across as "is y >= x and <= z?",   
   which is about as simple as it gets.   
      
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