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Speaking as the author: his point, if any, is more along the lines that if we need a test-as-you-go approach to get something this simple to work, it's no wonde
by MikeTaylor 17y ago
Speaking as the author: his point, if any, is more along the lines that if we need a test-as-you-go approach to get something this simple to work, it's no wonder we have problems when we have to implement something that's actually complex.
Also: no amount of test-drivenness can save you from just not grokking the problem (as Peter Norvig's Sudoku solver showed ... er, by counter-example.)
- darthpanda 17y agoIt's an interesting problem. People miss the point - that programmers are missing the basics and not really thinking the problems through, relying on our tools to think for us. Too many of us are hackers by day, myself included. A binary search just exposes the weakness.
- 124816 17y agoI'm missing the back story -- tell me more about Peter Norvig's solver?
- nicko 17y agohttp://pindancing.blogspot.com/2009/09/sudoku-in-coders-at-work.html http://pindancing.blogspot.com/2009/09/sudoku-in-coders-at-w... http://norvig.com/sudoku.html http://norvig.com/sudoku.html