Contrary to your claim that "he can figure it out", my experience of interviewing candidates says that most can't.

That's exactly why I said I would do it for a fee. It's real work correctly doing that sort of mathematical modelling.

I note that your "transitive closure" method does not include a complete solution either.

I also defend an alternative method of properly setting up hash keys (maybe AoA as values?) and doing the conventional cascading hash sort, including a subsort on the AoA's.

It also begs questions like does point difference matter in the wins? Or is it just a binary value. etc. etc.

So I may have flunked your interview......but that's because I'm more creative, or at least differently trained than you.

No offense.... but your transitive sort dosn't really lead to a general purpose solution, and there is no saying whether your transitive method is the best. I admit you are one of the few who have attempted a solution to the team rankings problem.

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In reply to Re^5: Adding Special Rules to Sort by zentara
in thread Adding Special Rules to Sort by ctfishman

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