On Apr 13, 2002 at 13:42:25 +0000, Ton Hospel wrote: > > Then there is the $^T that's sometimes used and makes solutions depend > on when they run. I propose to formulate the rules so that a program > only has to be valid during the period that the contest runs. 1970 or > whatever your computers epoch is, is long gone, so $^T tends to be "big"
I actually thought about that when I used the $^T. Technically, "it has to run everywhere", so I thought I might be disqualified. But $^T is sure handy when you need a big modulus. <congrats> Thanks Samy! Nice course. It was full of pitfalls, at 18, 45, and especially 171. I don't know if you designed it that way, but I sure had a heckuva time getting to 171 after realizing Math::BigInt wasn't legal. So much for a 66. :) Thanks to everyone else as well! It's definately no fun playing by yourself! </congrats> --rick
