Hey Dan, have you seen EEM's at play with J article?
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/Articles/Play191

Ken


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm playing the Game of Nim with a colleague.  He's an old hand and knows
> all the patterns by heart.  I do not.  I can't beat him.
>
> But I can do this:
>
>         winNim =: (* 0&<)@(- (~:"1 ~:/)&.#:)
>
> So if you have a Nim board like this:
>
>         1 1 1 1 1
>          1 1 1 1
>           1 1 1
>            1 1
>             1
>
> You can win like this:
>
>            winNim 5 4 3 2 1
>         1 0 1 0 1
>
> That is, remove one stick from the pile of 5, or the pile of 3, or the pile
> of 1.
>
> A bandaid for my pride.
>
> -Dan
>
>
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