logo       

Re: musical notes postmortem: msg#00003

Subject: Re: musical notes postmortem
mewrenn@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Thanks to Terje and MTV(and Luke Palmer) for setting up the contest.
> 
> Jasper McCrea wrote:
> >
> > Right, since no one else seems to have written the commentary.
> >
> 
> Thanks for detailing all the methods I missed! A very nice write-up!
> 
> >
> > I hope I haven't left anything interesting out. Apologies if I've got 
> > anything
> > wrong.
> 
> There were a few solutions with eval (Honza, gugod, IainT). I had some
> scores in the 70s with this method (including wrapping the first arg in
> parens for proper negation of any /b/), but ditched it for my subpar 62.

I saw eval in a few, but didn't see that they were doing anything that couldn't
be done shorter in a for loop. Sorry for not mentioning them.
 
> Congrats on your climb into the #5 spot and your alien red solution. My
> apologies for not putting up a better fight these past 2 rounds. May I
> point out that there is an alien fast approaching you (and me!).

That damn playerlist is hell for encouraging me. If the default sort was by any
of the other criteria I wouldn't feel under any pressure at all.

You want some of this, Daniel? Huh? Huh? You want some?

Jasper
-- 
Spock: 'Oochy woochy coochy coo'?



<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Google Custom Search

Recently Viewed:
audio.irate.dev...    yellowdog.gener...    ietf.ips/2002-0...    xfree86.fonts/2...    busybox/2003-07...    emacs.jdee/2004...    linux.mandrake....    hardware.microc...    user-groups.lin...    science.analysi...    version-control...    db.filemaker.de...    cluster.openmos...    mail.eyebrowse....    text.xml.xerces...    kde.devel.kwrit...    finance.moneyda...    gcc.regression/...    network.routing...    os.freebsd.deve...    recreation.radi...    qnx.openqnx.dev...    python.xml/2002...   
Home | blog view | USPTO Patent Archive | advertise | OSDir is an inevitable website. super tiny logo

Free Magazines

Cisco News
Receive a free quarterly e-newsletter with exclusive articles on how Cisco IT uses its own products and solutions to enable the business.
subscribe

Systems Management News, the newspaper for IT systems administration and data center managers! Each issue of Systems Management News is chock-full of news and analysis to help you understand what's happening in your field.
subscribe

The Enterprise Newsweekly eWeek is the essential technology information source for builders of e-business.
subscribe

Oracle Magazine Oracle Magazine contains technology strategy articles, sample code, tips, Oracle and partner news, how to articles for developers and DBAs, and more. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company.
subscribe

Total Telecom Total Telecom is "The Economist of the communications industry".
subscribe