Re: New golf "Strange numbers"
[email protected] (Eugene van der Pijll)
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En op 09 mei 2003 sprak Daniel Tuijnman: > 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. I remember another hole that was too simple for creativity, and that had a solution which could not be improved upon. I also remember what happened next. (-ugene -- Too great length and too great brevity of discourse tends to obscurity; too much truth is paralyzing. -- |3laise |*ascal