And why not? It's not even cheating in my book - if I can understand the process well enough to write a program for it, then I shouldn't have to do tedious and

And why not? It's not even cheating in my book - if I can understand the process well enough to write a program for it, then I shouldn't have to do tedious and repetitive work. One time, the teacher was giving out a piece of candy for every Pythagorean triple that we could name. A little brute-force program written in a couple of minutes had me with a small handful, and eventually a ban from participating :)