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Re: SortedMap: getting value for largest key less or equal a given valu

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  To: markspace
From: Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>

On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:48:20 -0700, markspace <-@.> wrote, quoted or indirectly 
quoted someone who said :

>save the request on disc and go to lunch.

Bertrand Russell "told" me about this years ago.  You have to get away from 
your computer. He suggested even a week of "not" thinking about it for a 
toughie. Then when you revisit the problem, the answer will be right under your 
nose.

I just think about the problem while walking.  The details are cleared away so 
I have to think more abstractly. I ask myself , what could be failing that 
created those symptoms.  I am not looking for particular code, just thinking 
about code that does some function.  It is a different sort of thinking than 
trying to decide if a line of code is faulty.

Of course Murphy's law says the most likely time for the answer to come to you 
is one second after hitting submit.
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SortedMap: getting value for largest key less or equal a given "Andreas Leitgeb" <andreas.leitgeb@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:11 +0000
  Re: SortedMap: getting value for largest key less or equal a given "Andreas Leitgeb" <andreas.leitgeb@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:11 +0000
    Re: SortedMap: getting value for largest key less or equal a given "markspace" <markspace@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:11 +0000
      Re: SortedMap: getting value for largest key less or equal a given valu "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
        Re: SortedMap: getting value for largest key less or equal a given "Daniel Pitts" <daniel.pitts@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
          Re: SortedMap: getting value for largest key less or equal a given "Andreas Leitgeb" <andreas.leitgeb@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this> - 2012-08-03 18:54 +0000

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