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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:45:39 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Message One

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Greg,

I haven't been to a meeting since last summer (I'm in San Diego most of
the time).

Can you give me the context of your response? Is the "peg solitaire
program" a project from one of the meetings? Are the cute little star
cluster images the step-by-step iterations from that program?

- Peter

Gregory W. Smith wrote:
>
> Well, at least we have moved the analogy to something somewhat
> more accurate. I have a good collection of Victronix, ToolLogic,
> Leatherman, etc.... Nothing like having a bottle opener, can
> opener, corkscrew, AND a knife all in one package. A Swiss Army
> Knife is great for a picnic, but a REAL fillet knife is much
> better for cleaning fish.
>
> As for the "one tool" analogy, I have my doubts. What I have
> seen in the computer world of this philosophy is a monstrosity
> that I avoid at all costs: Perl.
>
> For comparison, I did the depth-first peg solitaire program in
> Python. I set an erarlier version of the program to work a few
> weeks ago; I am still waiting for the first solution. My recent
> revisons added a few extra initial configurations. The cross
> layout took 0.2 seconds to solve on my 1.3 GHz Celeron. The
> plus layout took 0.6 seconds and the fireplace layout took 12.5
> seconds to run. I let the pyramid, arrow, and double arrow
> layouts run for about three hours each. The solution files for
> these runs ran to several megabytes each before I killed them.
>
> I let the diamond layout run for twelve hours without getting
> any solution. Anyone with a faster machine can have a shot at
> the diamond and the solitaire layouts. The program and the first
> three solutions are attached.
>
> -- Greg Smith

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