From: Robert Dober Date: 2007-01-27T00:19:03+09:00 Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Counting Toothpicks (#111) ------=_Part_45926_28176805.1169824735783 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 1/26/07, David Chelimsky wrote: > > On 1/26/07, Ruby Quiz wrote: > > What if there are more than one solution to a given number? For > example, |||||||| and ||X|||| both use 8 toothpicks to evaluate to 8. > Is one preferred? > > > > > > > I think that the human eye has much less troubles with II X IIII than with IIIIIIII. Cheers Robert -- "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay ------=_Part_45926_28176805.1169824735783--