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* Third, "below" doesn't include 1000, so maybe it should say "not greater than"? |
* Third, "below" doesn't include 1000, so maybe it should say "not greater than"? |
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Thanks. --[[User:TimToady|TimToady]] ([[User talk:TimToady|talk]]) 16:16, 14 May 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks. --[[User:TimToady|TimToady]] ([[User talk:TimToady|talk]]) 16:16, 14 May 2013 (UTC) |
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:The reading of the task where: |
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:* Sum means sum and not count. |
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:* It is taken to mean positive integers. |
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:* Below means up to, but not including. |
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:...happens to have REXX and Python solutions following TimToady's Perl 6 lead. I quite liked that interpretation. If the task moves away from this, could we create a another task to preserve this interpretation? --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 17:26, 14 May 2013 (UTC) |
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What is the intent of the task?
- The "sum of" does not mean the same as the "count of" numbers. Which does the author intend?
- Second, the description should say "positive integers" if that is what is intended, because there are an infinite number of negative integers below 1000.
- Third, "below" doesn't include 1000, so maybe it should say "not greater than"?
Thanks. --TimToady (talk) 16:16, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- The reading of the task where:
- Sum means sum and not count.
- It is taken to mean positive integers.
- Below means up to, but not including.
- ...happens to have REXX and Python solutions following TimToady's Perl 6 lead. I quite liked that interpretation. If the task moves away from this, could we create a another task to preserve this interpretation? --Paddy3118 (talk) 17:26, 14 May 2013 (UTC)