On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> This isn't really amb; as you said it's just a brute-force solver with >> some weird syntax. The whole point of amb is to enable >> non-deterministic programming, such as this: > [...] >> The amb engine would conceptually execute this function for every >> possible combination of a, b, and c, > > Which pretty much is the definition of "brute-force solver", no?
The "execute the function for every possible combination" part, yes. The "non-deterministic programming" part, no. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list