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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:02:31 +1000
Subject: Re: Confusing Algorithm
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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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