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Eric I.  
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 More options Dec 9 2007, 8:28 pm
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From: "Eric I." <rubytrain...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 17:28:44 -0800 (PST)
Local: Sun, Dec 9 2007 8:28 pm
Subject: Re: Word Loop (#149)
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On Dec 9, 4:19 pm, Siep Korteling <s.kortel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried Eric's code with the dutch artificial word
> "hottentottententententoonstelling". It did not like that.

Yeah, that would be problematic.  If L is the number of characters,
then the search space is 2 ** (L - 2) [see reason below].  So with a
33-character word, 2 ** 31 is 2.1 billion.  That might take a while in
Ruby 1.8.6.  But in 1.9 ....  ;)

Eric

P.S. The second character always follows the first character to the
right.  Each subsequent character could continue in the same direction
as the previous direction or make a right turn.


 
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