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Hello, Alexandr! July 18, 2001 23:54, Alexandr Kushnikov wrote to Wladimir Bulchukey: VK>>> And more such puzzles? WB>> Ugh, and then they will say about you that you found the answer on the Internet WB>> and you will have a snot bubble to prove that you solved the problem yourself. AK> Don't be offended! :-) AK> I, for example, believe that you solved it yourself, it would be great to have such people AK> there would be more puzzles. This is in RU.GOLOVOLOMKA and RU.INTELLECTUAL.GAMES === cut === d) Where can you find a lot of puzzles? 1. In the library (Gardner, Smullian, Perelman, Loyd, Dudeney, Golomb and etc.). 2. On the Internet: http://golovolomka.hobby.ru - collection of puzzles http://problems.lgg.ru - a huge collection of mathematical problems from Olympiads http://come.to/knop - articles by Konstantin Knop about puzzles http://www.computerra.ru/online/knopki - the same thing, only new articles :) http://www.mathpuzzle.com - the best site about puzzles (English) http://www.g4g4.com - links to sites on entertaining mathematics ===End quote === ps/ The simplest task for BASIC is to rearrange the values two variables a and b without using an auxiliary variable. 2:5015/133.29@FidoNet was with you Ars^FTL mailto:arseniy@pochta.by

Get Msg, Yura! 24 Jul 01 02:23, Yura Yakimuk reported by Vyacheslav Mednonogov about {2 cords}: YY> #include YY> main() YY> { YY> long i; YY> int j; YY> scanf("%li",&i); YY> for(j=0;j<32 && !(i&1l);j++,i>>=1); YY> if(i-1l)printf("No"); YY> else printf("Yes"); YY> } YY> How can I make it shorter? printf( "%s ", (x&(x-1)) ? "No" : "Yes" ); [I.ZX] [VR1] ----------------------------> Warm greetings, Slava! mailme: copper_feet@mail.ru icq#me: 81191986 [We don’t need the Sun - the Party shines for us! We don't need bread - let's work! ]

Get Msg, Wladimir! 15 Jul 01 23:08, Wladimir Bulchukey reported Vyacheslav Mednonogov about {2 cord}: WB> OR A WB> JR Z,NULL ; if the number is initially 0 WB> L1 ADD A, A WB> JR NC,L1 WB> ; ready here WB> JR Z,L_YES WB> L_NO ... WB> L_YES ... The faster solution does not use a loop. For example: LD C,A DEC C AND C JR Z,L_YES L_NO... L_YES... [I.ZX] [VR1] ----------------------------> Warm greetings, Slava! mailme: copper_feet@mail.ru icq#me: 81191986 [We don’t need the Sun - the Party shines for us! We don't need bread - let's work! ]

Hello Arseniy! 21 Jul 01 01:59, Arseniy Astapenko typed for Alexandr Kushnikov: AA> ps/ The simplest task for BASIC is to rearrange values AA> two variables a and b without using an auxiliary variable. a=a+b b=a-b a=a-b Sincerely, Yura AKA d00RsFan [ZX] [D00RS] [IRCNet#Z80]

Press RESET immediately, Arseniy! 21 Jul 01 01:59, Arseniy Astapenko wrote to Alexandr Kushnikov: AA> ps/ The simplest task for BASIC is to rearrange values AA> two variables a and b without using an auxiliary variable. A = A XOR B A = A - B B = B XOR A B = B + A A = A XOR B A = B - A