My sarcastic reply is to your very reasonable answer is: On the x86 architecture...

		biocomputation on Oct 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test My sarcastic reply is to your very reasonable answer is: On the x86 architecture, integer multiplies take more cycles than a comparable solution that uses bit twiddling so you're just WRONG! You are the weakest link, GOODBYE!

I get that but I am proposing to hard code the answer since I already know it