From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-01-27T04:49:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Counting Toothpicks (#111)

On Jan 26, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Daniel Lucraft wrote:

>
>> Aw, man!!! I was already heading towards |||^|| = 9 (7 toothpicks).
>> Time for an aspirin, and then regroup.
>>
> Do we want optimal solutions, or is it just get as low as you can?

In this problem, we optimize to save wood.

James Edward Gray II