On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Richard Guy wrote:
Barry Cipra is visiting. His first solution was (issued without his permission)
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Say hello to him for me. Yes, this was one of the ones I rejected.
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That's really nice! I prefer it to mine, if indeed its non-rectangular shape is acceptable.
Mweanwhile, back at the ... Barry comes up with (if my asciigraphy is up to it)
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Ah, well, I'll leave you to edit it .... R.
No need - it comes out fine! But although it looks very nice, I think it wastes too much space to be acceptable. JHC