From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-06-25T01:32:49+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] pp Pascal (#84)



Erik Veenstra wrote:
> My point is: Space is limited by nature, Time isn't. Or, in the
> world of programming: It's usually better to eat CPU cycles
> than MB's. Especially when you think big...
>
> I don't say that it's faster, but you can simply build bigger
> triangles.
>   
Not a spoiler, but a hint from someone who learned about Pascal's
Triangle in the 9th grade: what would change if you knew how long the
last row would be *before* you started printing the first one?

As Dijkstra said, "The purpose of thinking is to reduce the amount of
detailed work to a doable amount."

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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

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