From: Stefan Schmiedl <s@...>
Date: 2002-06-05T05:19:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Solving logic problems with Ruby

On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 20:07:27 GMT,
Victor Manuel Reyes Viloria <vmreyes@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> During my college days I experimented with a language called Prolog.
> This language was suitable to solve logic problems.
> Had anybody used Ruby to solve logic problems?
> 
> For example, a problem like the one below:
> 
> You have 12 bricks.  They look and feel exactly the same
> but one is different than the other 11.  It is either slightly
> heavier or slightly lighter.  Using a balance scale, find
> the odd brick and tell whether it is lighter or heavier than
> a normal brick.  Oh yes, I almost forgot to tell you.  You
> can only use the scale 3 times.
> 
> 
> Thank you
> 

Not that I venture a solution here, but you might
also want to read Piers Anthony's "With a Tangled Skein",
especially the last sections :-)

s.