Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: I think this could be an interesting challenge! Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:59:57 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: <86se9m2d02.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <10poutn$3bqou$1@dont-email.me> <10ppti7$3ljr2$9@dont-email.me> <20260323105310.00003853@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 02:59:58 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="606171d349eb5423921af05ed404581c"; logging-data="3574438"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18xnghtik5RbDF4Yx3v88Q1h0WC88SK5gI=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:v9LX7osgta4HfchcPCN4s5VmLOs= sha1:szGTTYznfnsK62JaDhSTZbQ4C0Q= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:397212 Michael S writes: > On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:21:43 +0000 > Tristan Wibberley > 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.