On Thursday 23 October 2003 08:28 am, John Conway wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, otto2hoh wrote:
As I said, the problem is more tricky; I didn't claim it was better. It occurred to me because it is what I assumed the answer to the original Conway problem was going to be. Actually I was a little disappointed when the original problem was easily solved with a seven line program.
Regards Otto otto@olympus.net
And I'm more than a little diappointed that anyone should even think of solving it any other way than mentally!
John Conway
Woops, Didn't mean that as a criticism of the problem. It is really just a comment on my work environment and what I do for a living. Often my first approach is to use the computer, and then, when it fails, as is often the case, to sit down and work it out in my head. Saying I was a "little disappointed" was simply a comment on my reaction when I got the solution with little brain work on my part. The same reaction I have when I take the bus and realize when I arrive, that I could have walked. If I had done it in my head, I probably would have been more satisfied with the result. Regards Otto otto@olympus.net