Talk:Cumulative standard deviation: Difference between revisions
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:::The task description ''is'' complete. If one reads the title and skims the task description then of course one is likely to come a cropper. This task is not only about the calculation but also how it is to be done - numbers given to the function singly, intermediate results.
:::Looking at the failing examples so far they mostly stem from ignoring the task description. I see it as equivalent to asking for a merge sort and someone sticking in a bubble sort and saying "it sorts doesn't it"? --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 13:38, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
:::: I think there has been some similar discussion in the context of sorting algorithms. The talk page on [[Talk:Quicksort|quicksort]] has some of that, though not the conversation I thought I remembered. Meanwhile, [[User:Short_Circuit|Short Circuit's]] user page has some of the relevant policy. And of course the [[Help:Adding_a_new_programming_task|Add a Task]] page has some good advice. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 14:18, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
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