Quoting Martin Geisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Martin Geisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > It does 466 comparisons to sort 52 numbers (32-bit) and it takes
> > about 4 minutes both share and sort the numbers on thyra{01,02,03}
> > on DAIMI.
>
> In case nobody has noticed, I wanted to see how long it would take to
> sort 52 numbers since doing so would give me a way to shuffle a deck
> of cards: assign a random number to each card and sort the random
> numbers. If there are no collisions in the random numbers you will get
> back a nicely shuffled deck.
>
> I began looking at card shuffling because I want to make a small
> tutorial for VIFF, something that will explain how to make a program.
> And for that I figured that some card game would be cool. I don't know
> which game yet, so let let me know if you have any good idea!
Blackjack perhaps? seems simple in that you just draw cards until you win or
loose. Can also be played with 3 people, one being the bank - so you don't
necessarily need 2-party computing.
Poker is also a posibility, but more complex, I guess.
regards, Ivan
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