From: Paul Robinson <paul@...>
Date: 2006-09-28T06:40:34+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Code Golf Challenge : Oblongular Number Spirals

On 27 Sep 2006, at 13:31, Carl Drinkwater wrote:

> Seems pretty simple, huh?  The URL to the full challenge  
> description is

[snip]

I've just spent since 4pm (it's now 22:40 local time) working on  
this. :-D

I've managed to get it down to 426 bytes which is *rubbish* - 20/21  
overall, 11/12 for Ruby - but I'm now going to actually, you know,  
get some other stuff done. I give in. There are clearly better men  
than I on that thing.

> I found it more difficult than I first thought it would be, but the  
> code was a lot of fun to write.  At the time of writing the best  
> Ruby entry is 169 bytes.  Can you beat it?

This is now down to 128. I can only assume there is a better formula  
out there than the one I'm using - I built my formula off my own  
back. If there is an easier way to calculate it, feel free to shout  
me off-list so I can take another stab at it.

--
Paul