On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 11:37:45PM +0200, Stefan `Sec` Zehl wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 10:58:28PM +0200, Eugene van der Pijll wrote:
> > It is. I like the variation after the convoluted algorithms of last
> > month.
>
> Actually I don't. But that might just be because It took me about 4
> hours to come up with a solution which passed all tests. And now, after
> stumbling over yet another perl5.6.1 incompability (a bug, if you ask
> me) I'm reduced to single-character optimisations while still beeing
> more than 80 characters away from \'anick.
Really, my psychologist doesn't know jack: they *do* are all after me.
Fair warning, Sec: someone else decided to draw the sword against
me this time, and right now he has 6.96 good reasons to regret his
temerity.
Now, if only I could find a way to beat /-\ndrew...
> I could do with some great fresh ideas, I think.
Try to think of an algorithm that is usually used to determine if
an integer is prime... [*]
Oh, and for the record, I like the current hole. It's very different
from the other ones, but not in a bad way. It just requires a different...
game strategy.
Joy,
`/anick
[*] No, such an algorithm has nothing to do with the problem at hand.
Hey, you asked for fresh ideas, not necessarely useful ones.
--
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep
our faces toward change and behave like free spirits
in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
-- Helen Keller
