7 Apr
2009
7 Apr
'09
8:49 p.m.
On 7 Apr 2009 at 15:54, Ethan Dicks wrote:
But yes... one should be able to write it when it has
to be one
physical line at a time, no backsies.
Sometimes, it can be fun to see how bad a solution can be made.
How about maintaining a list of where each letter occurs in a page,
then sorting according to letter and position, print all of the
letter "A" on the page, skip back to the start and print all of the
letter "B"....etc.?
Anyone remember the story "Angels on a Pin" about measuring the
height of a building using a barometer? It's apparently still alive:
http://www.esmerel.com/circle/question/building.html
--Chuck