On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 10:58:32AM -0500, Ala Qumsieh wrote:
> Yanick writes:
> > Rally golf.
>
> Interesting idea. But, you have to precisely define what "ameliorate" means.
> Someone can take my 107 solution, and completely re-write it to a
> 70-something solution. Is this part of the rules?
I would say it is. If not, trying to judge what is an
amelioration would be hell.
So yes, this means a team could consist of golfers concentrating
on their own solution and ignoring the input of the other members,
but I think the best teams would actually adopt a group strategy and
merge the best elements of all previous entries. So it could look like
(if we suppose we are a team):
- I submit a first solution, score of 121.
- You had a totally different solution that is better, and go for
it, score of 103.
- I find your approach more elegant and work on it, change a
map for a while and do some black magic, score of 89.
- You change a few things, score of 78.
- I cannot find anything to improve. Stuck at 78.
- You have an epiphany and has a solution of 18 strokes, but
the relay is still mine. You urge me to hurry.
- I try and try, but can't see anything. Time passes.
- Pressure increase. I still can't find anything. I feel
the despair of the other half of the team. Only a few
hours before the hole is closed. Argh!
- YES! I manage to reduce '$very_long_variable_name'
to '$one_long_variable_name', shaving a stroke
and passing the relay to you. The crowd cheers
and goes wild!
- And so on, and so forth. :)
Joy,
`/anick
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