James_Blair comments on An attempt at a short no-prerequisite test for programming inclination - Less Wrong

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Comment author: J_Taylor 30 June 2013 01:02:44AM 0 points [-]

I got this right, but ended up having to invent notation to keep track of the indirection in the last segment.

This is also the case for myself. I would be very impressed by anyone who did not have to do this.

Comment author: James_Blair 30 June 2013 01:44:28AM 12 points [-]

The trick is to evaluate right to left.

Comment author: AlexSchell 30 June 2013 01:28:58PM * 3 points [-]

I opted for doing this and also checking the answer once, as opposed to using notation.