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His point was writing a function without conditional logic, and then of course generalizing to any "fizzbuzz category" problem. I thought it was a fantastic po

His point was writing a function without conditional logic, and then of course generalizing to any "fizzbuzz category" problem. I thought it was a fantastic post on a extremely well trodden subject, up there with solving fizzbuzz in Tensorflow post. (https://joelgrus.com/2016/05/23/fizz-buzz-in-tensorflow/ https://joelgrus.com/2016/05/23/fizz-buzz-in-tensorflow/)

LanceH 6y ago
My entry to use random-isn't-random: https://github.com/LanceH/fizzbuzz/blob/master/fb.go https://github.com/LanceH/fizzbuzz/blob/master/fb.go I feel like I need to revisit after seeing tensorflow and Euler. I need to find some way of making the lucky number using things around a room, like a mentalist or something. Some other subversive ones I've seen of are the java enterprise version, and several that import a fizzbuzz library and just run.
- isaacimagine 6y ago
  I find that random-not-random implementation pretty incredible.
  - LanceH 6y ago
    Thanks. It seems kind of obvious compared to the Euler method, though. Once you realize it's 4 bits across a cycle of 15, it's just just a matter of finding the right seed. It should be on the order of 1 in a billion, which is no big deal. In hindsight, if I had combined my number theory knowledge I might have been able to accomplish the Euler solution, but I didn't, so hats off to them. The presentation of the tensorflow provides more a much higher contempt for the question than I've achieved as well. The fact it isn't 100% accurate, but can be trained to be accurate to a certain level, just makes it better. I will redouble my research efforts on this or some other problem which doesn't need solving.
uuidgen 6y ago
But there is conditional logic "hidden" in lambda mapping. You want it without ANY conditional logic try this (python3): [str(n)*(n%3!=0)*(n%5!=0) + 'Fizz'*(n%3==0) + 'Buzz'*(n%5==0) for n in range(1,101)]
- chongli 6y ago
  There’s tons of hidden conditional logic in the Python string multiplication operator. It’s implemented via the C function unicode_repeat which handles all the conditional logic.
  - uuidgen 6y ago
    If you're talking about assembly then every single statement in python will involve hidden conditions. I was talking about the idea behind the code - that map is a pythonic shorthand for a bunch of if-then statements, it still expresses conditionals. While using string multiplication doesn't.

LanceH 6y ago

My entry to use random-isn't-random: https://github.com/LanceH/fizzbuzz/blob/master/fb.go https://github.com/LanceH/fizzbuzz/blob/master/fb.go I feel like I need to revisit after seeing tensorflow and Euler. I need to find some way of making the lucky number using things around a room, like a mentalist or something. Some other subversive ones I've seen of are the java enterprise version, and several that import a fizzbuzz library and just run.

isaacimagine 6y ago
I find that random-not-random implementation pretty incredible.
- LanceH 6y ago
  Thanks. It seems kind of obvious compared to the Euler method, though. Once you realize it's 4 bits across a cycle of 15, it's just just a matter of finding the right seed. It should be on the order of 1 in a billion, which is no big deal. In hindsight, if I had combined my number theory knowledge I might have been able to accomplish the Euler solution, but I didn't, so hats off to them. The presentation of the tensorflow provides more a much higher contempt for the question than I've achieved as well. The fact it isn't 100% accurate, but can be trained to be accurate to a certain level, just makes it better. I will redouble my research efforts on this or some other problem which doesn't need solving.

uuidgen 6y ago

But there is conditional logic "hidden" in lambda mapping. You want it without ANY conditional logic try this (python3): [str(n)*(n%3!=0)*(n%5!=0) + 'Fizz'*(n%3==0) + 'Buzz'*(n%5==0) for n in range(1,101)]

chongli 6y ago
There’s tons of hidden conditional logic in the Python string multiplication operator. It’s implemented via the C function unicode_repeat which handles all the conditional logic.
- uuidgen 6y ago
  If you're talking about assembly then every single statement in python will involve hidden conditions. I was talking about the idea behind the code - that map is a pythonic shorthand for a bunch of if-then statements, it still expresses conditionals. While using string multiplication doesn't.