From: znmeb@...
Date: 2006-12-16T14:45:46+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Chess960 (#106)

Quoting Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@ameritech.net>:

> On Dec 16, 2006, at 12:07 AM, James Edward Gray II wrote:
>
> > On Dec 15, 2006, at 9:25 PM, Daniel Finnie wrote:
> >
> >> Also, is the range of the numbers 0-956 or 1-960?  I've seen
> >> things saying that both are acceptable with no definitive answer.
> >
> > Ask Ruby.
>
> I don't see how the Ruby interpreter can answer this question. How
> the starting positions are to be numbered is a problem-domain-
> specific issue. The interpreter knows nothing about the problem domain.
>
> Ruby arrays being zero-based might make the range 0..959 more
> convenient to use, but this certainly doesn't preclude the 1..960
> numbering scheme from being adopted.
>
> Regards, Morton
>
>
I believe the comment was meant to say, "write a correct Ruby program to solve
the problem and the correct number will emerge." :)