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dare I ask, why?
by quizbiz 18y ago
dare I ask, why?
- pg 18y agoAmong other things, knowing how to solve a problem with limited means helps you understand more precisely how hard it is.
- jrp 18y agoMy dad and I were on a backpacking trip and while hiking we calculated how thin the atmosphere was compared to sea level. It feels more elegant sometimes to solve a problem simply (in paper, in your head) without bringing out the computers. See Dijkstra on sum/product puzzle: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD666.html http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EW...