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(...) problem. (...) You know, I have never really liked the factorial example of recursion. Honestly, how many times have you really needed to generate a factorial in general experience? I feel a better example is building stuff with LEGO. In this (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The factorial is useful for probability. The factorial is a simple, understandable example of recursion, useful to teach the concept; it is lacking only in that it is not very efficient. But when you are first learning, I think concepts are (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You know, a 'bot that actually solves a Towers of Hanoi puzzle with real plates and whatnot would be a pretty cool challenge on hardware like the RCX. (ponder, ponder, ponder)... I don't think it's possible with anything less than LegOS or (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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In article <37389556.ACC65587@lynx.bc.ca>, Mark Tarrabain <markt@lynx.bc.ca> writes (...) I saw one of the early pumas playing hanoi at an exhibition. It must be arout 30 years ago - it's been done before. (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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