On Saturday 20 February 2010 15:07:31 Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> There's alyaws "times roman something", where something corresponds to
> 
> - I = 1
> - X = 10
> - C = 100
> - M = 1000
> 
> So the "times" only tells you how many zeros to add to result.
> 
> Mojca
> 
> PS: Arthur will implement the parser to also accept roman numbers as a
> valid answer.
>

> (58 minus 6) times roman 'X'

= 01010 = 0x208

and it is also 580-60; the possibilities are truly endless... :)
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