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On 2014-01-05 02:32, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>> But regardless of how fast your path-finder algorithm might become, you're
>> unlikely to be satisfied with a solution that travels around in a circle
>> from A to B a million times then shoots off straight to Z without passing
>> through any of the other cities.
>
> On the flip side, that might be the best salesman your company has
> ever known, if those three cities have the most customers!
>
> ChrisA
> wondering why nobody cares about the customers in TSP discussions
>
Or, for that matter, ISP customers who don't live in an urban area. :-)