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Re: Programming Brain Teaser
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 7 Sep 2000 07:06:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Hey Y'all:
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> Someone posed the following teaser to me, and I admit that it has stumped me
> completely. It has even stumped my programmer buddies (which creates doubt in
> my mind that there IS actually a solution to the puzzle).
>
> The question was posed thusly:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> What line of code written either in C, C++, or Perl will compile written
> forward as well as backwards? The following was submitted as an example of
> the FORM of the answer, while not itself being the answer:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
void rof(void) {};
void main(){
int C;
C = 0
// line below
; for (C;C;C) rof;
// Ok so its lame
}
// Should be valid in perl too, but I am not sure.
Just an off the cuff answer.
DaveG
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| (...) And a good one. Thanks for the replies. I think I am beginning to see some ways into it that I hadn't thought of. The way I was understanding the puzzle (and you know that people have a tendency to explain things quite poorly AND I tried to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Hey Y'all: Someone posed the following teaser to me, and I admit that it has stumped me completely. It has even stumped my programmer buddies (which creates doubt in my mind that there IS actually a solution to the puzzle). The question was posed (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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