ed wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:18:51 -0500 > Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I dunno - that sort of thing just comes naturally for me any more. >> Guess that shows how long I've been writing puzzle solvers for fun. >> I've got quite the collection. If you've seen a puzzle, I've >> probably got a solver for it written in C/C++ (or at least its > > most people would choose a functional language like haskell to write > solvers, surely, or at least something with a simpler api. obviously > its possible in any language, but why not write the logic out in a > prototyping api? > >> probably on my "to-do" list). I've got everything from Sudoku to >> Jumble to the classic "Cracker Barrel" peg-jumping puzzle (you know - >> those triangles they have sitting out for the "kid in you" to play >> with).
Uh. Well, I'm just used to C++. And don't forget I have a massive library I depend on. I'd feel naked if I had to use C++ without my library. My Sudoku solver was only 480 lines of C++ code including comments and loading/initialization code. That and learning a language I've only heard in passing is a pointless exercise. I rather learn something like advanced Delphi, Ruby, Python, Tcl, and maybe C#. Or do something constructive like modify PHP and contribute back to the community (I'm learning how to do Zend API interactions with extensions when I get a few minutes now and then - it is only barely documented but I think I've got the basics down well enough now to avoid crashing PHP around me). -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* VerifyMyPC 2.0 Change tracking and management tool. Reduce tech. support times from 2 hours to 5 minutes. Free for personal use, $10 otherwise. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/VerifyMyPC/
