From: Marcelo Alvim <malvim@...>
Date: 2006-08-16T07:01:54+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Newbie doubts about the quiz

> > Well, you might look at the solution I posted earlier today for
> > hints. It's not all that good, but I happened to take an approach
> > very similar to what you outline here. It works, but just barely.
> > My experience with it is that a simple depth-first search is too
> > slow for grids bigger than 6 x 6 (which is pathetic considering
> > some of huge grids solved by posted solutions).
>
> I'm uncomfortable with the word "pathetic" here.
>
> Remember that we have all level of people who like to play with the
> quizzes.  If someone only manages to get a slow solution together,
> that's still a solution!  Even better, they gained enough
> understanding of the problem, that they can then look to the summary
> and other solutions for tricks they might try next time.
>
> If you have fun, challenge yourself a little, and even learn
> something, the quiz is a big win I say.
>
> I wouldn't think, "Wow, my solution sucks."  Instead, I would think,
> "OK, that's tougher than it looks.  Let me go see how these guys made
> it go so fast..."  ;)

Yeah, that's exactly how I think, and I bet that's even how Morton thinks. :)

I am really trying only to learn more about the language, and I'm
DEFINITELY taking a look at other people's solutions in order to learn
their approaches.

By the way, thanks a lot to all of you for the help!

Cheers,
Alvim.