[thechat] Programming Problem

r937 at interlog.com r937 at interlog.com
Fri Nov 9 12:01:58 CST 2001


> Not sure, rudy, that your calculations are spot on here... 

hi paul

well, 52*51*50*49 is the right formula for drawing 4 cards from a deck

as i said, i dunno about the combos if you disregard suits

beau was right in that the point was not to find all the solutions, just *any* 
solution, and in decent time, too

the parentheses problem might be best tackled with lisp, but i don't know lisp 
any more (and it could be argued i never did)


oh, and not to be confrontational or argumentative, paul, but...

> surely the number becomes:
>
>	10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 1000


i'd check the batteries on my calculator, there, buddy

;o)

rude

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