Re: New golf "Strange numbers"

On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:41:33PM -0500, [email protected] wrote:
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> what happened on this hole?

Obviously, the problem turned out to be much simpler than expected.
It's so simple that it leaves no room for any creativity in writing it down.
(well, it surprises me there are still two ways to write it down, but
nevertheless). Golfing is about trying to chop() off an extra stroke by
rearranging your algorithm, trying out another one, etc. In this case, looking
half an hour, 3/4 tops, gives you an algorithm which cannot be improved upon.

IMHO, Terje made the right decision in not counting it.


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Daniël Tuijnman                                          Frodo failed
[email protected]                                  Bush has the ring