Programming Puzzles

An anonymous reader writes "Spotted over at the Economist: 'Sliding-block puzzles look easy, but they can be tricky to solve. The best known is the 15 Puzzle, which became hugely popular in the late 1870s. This involves square tiles labelled with the numbers 1 to 15, which must be arranged in the correct order inside a four-by-four frame.' While we've all tried these puzzles, the inventor of Quzzle set out to design the easiest looking - yet most difficult puzzle around and turned to CS to find it. While the original article touches on it, at the puzzle's site you'll find Jim Lewis, the inventor, wrote a program in Haskell, a functional programming language to find the best design."

Comments

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[BEA6D]

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Re:I will help YOU get a JOB! (Programming puzzles

[Amsterdam Vallon]

Look, I realize you're trolling, but I have a free minute or two while I burn this CD to respond.

I DID read the article. It's quite good and interesting, in fact.

But you imply that my post is NOT interesting, and you are wrong. Most moderators HAVE found it to be interesting, and it will be VERY helpful for the thousands of Slashdot readers who are interviewing for jobs soon. The difference between a prepared job condidate and one who is ill-prepared is often times puzzle knowledge like I give and encourage in my post above.

How dare you criticize me when I'm simply trying to help out our young coders, our young Linux fans, our own FLESH and blood. You should be ashamed of yourself. An experienced academic like me, an experienced CODER like me, is a guy who should be mentoring our youngsters. You are a lowly hater akin to bickering spinsters.

You are a TROLL!

you FRail It

[Anonymous Coward]

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