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The main difference between these and Project Euler is that these are far more "programming" challenges, whereas Project Euler often boils down to brute forcing
by CountHackulus 15y ago
The main difference between these and Project Euler is that these are far more "programming" challenges, whereas Project Euler often boils down to brute forcing a solution once you've figured out the one or two mathematical tricks to reducing the problem space.
- timdellinger 15y agoGoogling for regular expressions puzzle turns up a few more of a slightly different but related flavor. It would be fun to develop a taxonomy and categorize the different recreational challenges that people find amusing, basing the categories on the type of "aha" and skillset required to solve it.