From: paul vudmaska <paul@...>
Date: 2004-03-18T23:00:39+09:00
Subject: Thinking about a date-matching algorithm

--- Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com <http://us.f104.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=hal9000@hypermetrics.com&YY=77700&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>> wrote:
> I did a little swapping of ideas with dblack on
> this. Now I'm
> opening discussion to anyone interested.
> 
> I'm writing a little to-do manager (chiefly for my
> own use).
> 
> I want to allow recurring tasks. Some of these will
> be simple, like
> "Every Monday." Others will be more complex, like
> "Every 2nd and 4th
> Friday." Some might not even be based on weeks or
> months at all, but
> might be like: "Every ten days, no matter what."
> 
> There'd also be an option to give advance warning (N
> days) on each
> event.
> 
> So the question becomes: Given a date (typically
> "today") and a list
> of recurring tasks, how do I determine which ones
> need to be displayed?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Hal
Looking at the subject, naturally i came up with this.

if female.fav.color == male.fav.color
 collectfee
 arrangemarriage
else next end

:), hth