Re: Hamming minigolf post mortem

Hello mtve,

Quite impressive algorithm!

> Fifth, i didn't need zero, because logarithm of zero is an exception,
> so i needed ($multiplicator * $number or 1) where 'or' is '||' operator.
> But at that moment perl decided to crash my solution, and to recover
> situation i've applied my own rule about necessity of regexes -
> i've replaced 1 with // and, duh, it helps.

Replacing the for loop with a map helps too.
What is your rule about necessity of regexes?

> P.S. After this lecture you should be able to describe why there are
> floating numbers in the output of following code:
> 
> map{$_<1|$_>10 or $a[800*log]=$_.$/ for $_*$' } @a,//for 1..5;print@a

I don't quite see them. Maybe you made a typo?

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Daniël Tuijnman
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