Re:Why not write it as a video game?
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NaturePhotog
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They've already done that. Scroll down and look for "Java and Common Lisp reference implementations". It allows you to play the game, and outputs the command string.
In case anyone's interested, there's a programming contest late tonight/early tomorrow morning, starting at 08:30 UTC on Nov. 20th (5:30am EST, I believe). It's hosted through the University of Valladolid. Contest details and the problemset will be at http://online-judge.uva.es/contest/when the contest begins. All you need to do is register an account on the UVA system, and submit your answers through the on-line submit-o-matic.
There are no prizes, the problems are not terribly hard (they are aimed at college-level participants), but you get geek points (whatever those are) and it's fun (in my opinion, at least).
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They've already done that. Scroll down and look for "Java and Common Lisp reference implementations". It allows you to play the game, and outputs the command string.
There are no prizes, the problems are not terribly hard (they are aimed at college-level participants), but you get geek points (whatever those are) and it's fun (in my opinion, at least).