FAQ Wording

[Incompleteusern]

The problems range in difficulty and for many the experience is inductive chain learning. That is, by solving one problem it will expose you to a new concept that allows you to undertake a previously inaccessible problem. So the determined participant will slowly but surely work his/her way through every problem.

Minor ask but would it be possible to change "his/her" -> "their"? I don't think it has any negative consequences and would have the benefit of being more inclusive perhaps.

[euler]

Well spotted! Project Euler started in 2001 and about five years ago we, the team, undertook a large scale discussion on the use of gender neutral language. This had to all be balanced with an acknowledgement that for many of our members, English is not a first language. After exploring best practices from multiple writing style and guidance sources we reached a consensus. All of our historical problems that used gender unnecessarily were edited. In particular, we replaced the clumsy his/her construct for more natural language. And more importantly, we developed a policy on the wording for future problems moving forward. Somehow that FAQ got missed! I've changed the wording to the following:

The problems range in difficulty and for many the experience is inductive chain learning. That is, by solving one problem it will expose you to a new concept that may allow you to undertake a previously inaccessible problem. So determined participants will be able to slowly but surely work their way through the problems.