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Why Can't Programmers.. Program?

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Oldie but goodie - a perenial here on HN and usually guaranteed to create a lively discussion.

Usually when this is discussed "FizzBuzz" gets mentioned, so you can find suitable discussions that way:

http://searchyc.com/fizz+buzz?sort=by_date

Alternatively, just look for the article you actually submitted:

http://searchyc.com/submissions/Why+can%2527t+programmers+pr...

And here it is:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1605

Finally, here's a more recent discussion:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1142398

There are more. Given that you've been on Hacker News for over two years I'm surprised you haven't seen them all.

I don't believe any discussion of FizzBuzz can be considered complete without a link to David Langford's classic monograph on the subject:

http://www.ansible.co.uk/ai/pcwplus/pcwp1989.html#jul

I love all the wrong answers in the comments.

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