From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-03-01T03:37:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Math problem

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:

>  I think Rick's approach is best and makes the most sense.  We make a
>  couple of assumptions, but it's very quick (compared to mine <shrug>).
>   I don't think, however, it would scale to more dimensions (i.e.
>  comparing x and y and z and maybe even w).  The speed difference,
>  though, for this problem, is markedly different (like a factor of
>  four) .

I need to qualify that last post.  Sorry to beat a dead horse, people.

I really like Rick's step-up solution, but it fails to find
non-integer solutions (as does mine, but if you change it to floats
you're doing okay).  It also has problems with lop-sided ages (like...
pretend people could be 5000 years old).

Just some noise that might help some newbies.

Todd