<div>You realise asking for an explanation of how it works would cost atleast one chocolate fish. :-)</div><div>/s<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 August 2011 09:59, Charles Manning <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:manningc2@actrix.gen.nz">manningc2@actrix.gen.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Thursday 25 August 2011 13:48:40 Charles Manning wrote:<br>
> The last set of choc fish were handed out without ceremony at the last<br>
> meeting.<br>
><br>
> A new choc fish challege: Write a program or make any other mechanism to<br>
> solve the n queens problem.<br>
><br>
> There will be many prizes and categories will be created on a whim.<br>
> There will be prizes for at least the following categories:<br>
><br>
> * Simplest C solution.<br>
> * Simplest other language solution.<br>
> * Solution not using recursion.<br>
> * Non-programming solutions<br>
><br>
><br>
> Background<br>
> The n-queens problem is a classical computer science problem. What you<br>
> need to do is place n queens on an nxn chess board so that none of the<br>
> queens can take eachother.<br>
><br>
> For example, on a normal 8x8 board you must place 8 queens so that none may<br>
> take eachother.<br>
><br>
> An example solution for 4 queens is:<br>
><br>
> XQXX<br>
> XXXQ<br>
> QXXX<br>
> XXQX<br>
><br>
> Deadline: three days before the next meeting.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>So far, one very intriguing C entry from Synco. I've only looked at it a short<br>
while and have not quite figured out how it works.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
-- Charles<br>
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