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Re: Confusing Algorithm

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Date 2013-04-23 01:02 +1000
Subject Re: Confusing Algorithm
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.922.1366642954.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Oscar Benjamin
<oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 April 2013 13:56, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>> There are other possible readings of the problem.
>
> I read it differently. I thought the threads would go 1->5->7->5->2.

I hadn't thought of that one, but agreed, that's also plausible, and
it results in an answer of 4. It's a stronger contender than the one I
posited, because the wording implies that there are multiple ways to
do it and you have to pick/find the best. Seems to me the problem's a
little under-specified, tbh.

ChrisA

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Confusing Algorithm RBotha <r@ymond.co.za> - 2013-04-22 05:39 -0700
  Re: Confusing Algorithm Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-22 22:56 +1000
  Re: Confusing Algorithm Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-23 01:02 +1000
  Re: Confusing Algorithm Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-04-22 15:57 +0100
    Re: Confusing Algorithm Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2013-04-22 22:33 +0200
      Re: Confusing Algorithm Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-04-22 16:36 -0600
  Re: Confusing Algorithm DJC <djc@news.invalid> - 2013-04-22 22:38 +0100
  Re: Confusing Algorithm Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-04-23 23:18 -0700

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