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It's programmers like '''Craigd''' that make me say: Damn! Why didn't <big> '''I''' </big> think of that ?!?! -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 20:28, 5 November 2019 (UTC) |
It's programmers like '''Craigd''' that make me say: Damn! Why didn't <big> '''I''' </big> think of that ?!?! -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 20:28, 5 November 2019 (UTC) |
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:That's in the Python too; the first failing prisoner breaks out of the ''for prisoner in ...'' loop. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 20:48, 5 November 2019 (UTC) |
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Wikipedia link?
Despite the heading on the task page claiming otherwise, there does not appear to be a wikipedia entry for "100 prisoners" --Thundergnat (talk) 00:56, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- Fixed. -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 19:04, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
big speed up
Thanks to (userid) Craigd (using zkl), his observation/optimization of: if one prisoner fails, they all do.
A big decrease in time used.
It's programmers like Craigd that make me say: Damn! Why didn't I think of that ?!?! -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 20:28, 5 November 2019 (UTC)