>From the Department of Really Annoying Quibbles... APWJ Edn 2 is supposed to have an appendix with solutions to all problems set for the reader.
In my recent appeal for solutions I assumed that http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/Articles/Play124 (Chapter 10: Year's Digits for 1993) only needed a better solution to number 91 (see end of article). Alas, I was in too much of a hurry. Strictly speaking I have to offer a solution to all i.101 numbers. The wiki offers solutions for the years: 2005-2010 (but only for i.100). See: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Puzzles/POY%202010 (just change the last 2 digits for previous years). I've thought of offering one of these instead, but that really will not do, in the context of the article. For the J tyro, this is a splendid exercise, far more important than its apparent triviality suggests. So I have created a page: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Puzzles/POY%201996 -- as a modified copy of the one for 2010. Could list members help fill it out, please? NB. The restrictions (taken from 2010) are slightly tighter than Gene's original ones. Viz: no letters in numeric constants (e.g. 20r10 for 2 is prohibited). This would rule out Ewart's solution (sorry, Ewart). We really, really are on the last lap with APWJ Edn 2, and I want it out in time for Christmas. Ian Clark Subeditor, APWJ Edn 2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
