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Re: [FWP] A heftier challenge for y'all
- To: fwp@technofile.org
- Subject: Re: [FWP] A heftier challenge for y'all
- From: John Porter <jdporter@min.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:09:19 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990720103846.00964c70@mail.psdt.com> from "Peter Scott" at Jul 20, 99 10:39:38 am
> At 10:01 AM 7/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >You have 5 minutes. Good luck! ;-)
>
> *shudder*
>
> You going to tell us you have a solution that actually terminates within
> geological time?
Sure; this problem is O(n**2). How long it actually runs depends on
what your dictionary looks like (and of course on your algorithm.)
John Porter
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