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Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!

From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!
Date	2026-03-26 19:59 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<86se9m2d02.fsf@linuxsc.com> (permalink)
References	<10poutn$3bqou$1@dont-email.me> <10ppti7$3ljr2$9@dont-email.me> <20260323105310.00003853@yahoo.com>

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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:21:43 +0000
> Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> On 22/03/2026 14:38, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> You must call a RNG 2600+ times to build the list
>>>
>>> ie you can't use the
>>> random ordering of the input file to your advantage).
>>
>> The two are not the same, that is, the use of "ie" is wrong.
>>
>> Which do you really require, or do you really require I satisfy the
>> conjunction of the two?
>
> Do you try to hint that challenges with seemingly arbitrary rules and
> seemingly arbitrary purposes are not very worthy?
> If yes, then you could as well say it directly.

I read Tristan's comment as asking for a clarification rather than
offering any judgments.

Personally, I think the proposed challenge has some interesting
parts.  Unfortunately, other parts are dumb or pointless or
needlessly tedious, which is disappointing.

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I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-22 10:38 -0400
  Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-03-22 17:29 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-22 14:20 -0400
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> - 2026-03-23 01:23 +0000
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-03-24 00:43 -0700
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-24 04:38 -0400
          Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-24 14:02 +0000
            Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-24 12:03 -0400
              Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-24 22:18 +0000
            Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-03-24 12:39 -0700
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-03-25 04:07 +0000
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-25 01:17 -0400
  Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-22 19:27 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-22 16:34 -0400
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-22 21:24 +0000
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-22 18:15 -0400
  Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-22 23:02 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-22 19:14 -0400
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-23 00:05 +0000
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-23 00:06 -0400
          Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-24 11:03 +0000
            Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-24 12:58 +0000
            Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-24 13:17 -0400
              Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-25 00:29 +0000
                Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-25 23:38 -0400
                Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-26 12:08 +0000
                Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-26 08:34 -0400
  Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-22 23:11 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-22 19:16 -0400
  Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-22 23:19 +0000
  Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-22 23:21 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-22 19:41 -0400
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-23 00:09 +0000
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-23 00:10 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-23 10:53 +0200
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-23 10:56 -0400
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-24 11:04 +0000
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-23 12:26 -0400
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-03-26 19:59 -0700
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-27 12:16 -0400
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-28 09:20 -0400
  Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-22 23:53 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-22 23:40 -0400
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-23 16:03 +0000
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-24 13:10 -0400
          Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-24 20:29 +0000
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-23 22:26 +0000
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-24 13:06 -0400
          Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-25 11:54 +0000
            Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-25 18:07 +0000
            Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-26 09:41 -0400
              Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-26 16:37 +0000
            Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-26 15:37 +0000
  Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-03-25 12:32 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-25 23:21 -0400
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-03-26 04:02 +0000
        Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-26 00:14 -0400
          Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-26 01:02 -0400
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-26 15:32 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-26 11:35 -0400
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-03-26 16:40 +0000
    Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-03-27 17:24 +0000
      Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-28 00:52 -0400
        Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-28 06:59 +0100
          Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-28 09:05 -0400
            Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-30 11:26 +0200
              Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-30 12:10 +0100
                Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-31 12:11 +0300
                Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-31 11:53 +0100
                Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-31 14:22 +0300
                Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-31 13:07 -0400
                Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-31 21:15 +0300
                Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-31 16:59 -0400
                Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-01 01:02 +0300
                Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-31 18:24 -0400
                [OT] Slaving away with word-counts (was Re: Ruminations [...]) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-04-01 02:19 +0200
              Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-03-30 20:33 -0400
                Re: Ruminations about the recent challenges (was Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge!) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-31 09:00 +0200

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