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Astronomically derived Easter is the Sunday after the full moon after the vernal equinox, and that's quite easy to calculate. I thought of implementing Comput
by DonaldFisk 9y ago
Astronomically derived Easter is the Sunday after the full moon after the vernal equinox, and that's quite easy to calculate. I thought of implementing Computus, but gave up as it's so arbitrary that nothing worthwhile would be learned by implementing it. I implemented astronomical Easter instead, knowing that it's occasionally wrong: http://web.onetel.com/~hibou/fmj/tutorials/GregorianCalendar.html http://web.onetel.com/~hibou/fmj/tutorials/GregorianCalendar... - scroll down to Bell, Book, and Candle.
- jazzdev 9y agoThis was my first programming assignment (7th grade math class, 1975). It was a great introduction to computers and algorithms. I think I still have that BASIC program on a paper tape in my basement.