[charger]

I like this comment. A typical surgeon earns a bachelors degree, then attends medical school, before finally spending three to six years in a residency program (in the United States). This is before becoming a practicing surgeon. Unfortunately, there is nothing similar (in the United States) that is related to software engineering -- though many here would like to see something similar to an engineering license for technology professionals; there is nothing currently on the horizon (that I know of). In some ways, I think that Codility can help with this state of affairs. This is particularly interesting when we consider comparing metrics for education and experience; and perhaps 'real-world' success. The Codility statistical comparison, taking these factors into account, would be very interesting indeed. And could possibly result in data that furthers the state of the art in general.

[ununoctio]

{In Pascal Language+Assembly} {$ASMMODE INTEL} function equi (A : Array of longint; n : longint ) : longint; var c:Longint; label noOverflow1; label noOverflow2; label ciclo; label fine; label Over; label tot; Begin Asm DEC n JS over XOR ECX, ECX {Somma1} XOR EDI, EDI {Somma2} XOR EAX, EAX MOV c, EDI MOV ESI, n tot: MOV EDX, A MOV EDX, [EDX+ESI*4] PUSH EDX ADD ECX, EDX JNO nooverflow1 ADD c, ECX nooverflow1: DEC ESI JNS tot; SUB ECX, c SUB EDI, c ciclo: POP EDX SUB ECX, EDX CMP ECX, EDI JE fine ADD EDI, EDX JNO nooverflow2 DEC EDI nooverflow2: CMP EAX, n JA over INC EAX JMP ciclo over: MOV EAX, -1 fine: end; End;

[junkeater]

lol I got 101 on the test.