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|    Re: Projecteuler, the CAKE problem.    |
|    30 Sep 25 18:17:01    |
      From: minforth@gmx.net              Am 29.09.2025 um 11:23 schrieb albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl:        > There is a hard (level 100) problem in projecteuler 566,        > it is an intriguing problem about cutting a cake and flipping        > parts of it. Then it magically returns to the original        > situation where all the frosting is up. The cuts are irrational.        > It is a bit theoretical, because million even billions cuts        > are needed.        > After years I came back to it, and I'm proud to announce that        > it has been solved by a Forth program.        >        > It has been posed june 2016 and I was the 266th solver.              Congratulations!              I had a brief look at the task, and it seems to me that the challenge       lies more in the mathematical modelling than in the programming.       I did not look up solutions in other languages, e.g. Haskell, but the       fact that Forth can be forged into tools for so many application       or problem classes speaks for its flexibility.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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