[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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