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: Good point. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 01:52, 13 April 2016 (UTC) |
: Good point. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 01:52, 13 April 2016 (UTC) |
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: I've clarified the wording so it now asks for the smallest positive integer. The reference in the Hollingdale and Tootill book only says 'smallest number': but the fact Babbage thought 99736 was the answer makes it clear it was a positive integer he was after. (Hope I'm doing this right—I'm quite new to Rosetta Code.) --[[User:Edmund|Edmund]] ([[User talk:Edmund|talk]]) 05:52, 13 April 2016 (UTC) |
:: I've clarified the wording so it now asks for the smallest positive integer. The reference in the Hollingdale and Tootill book only says 'smallest number': but the fact Babbage thought 99736 was the answer makes it clear it was a positive integer he was after. (Hope I'm doing this right—I'm quite new to Rosetta Code.) --[[User:Edmund|Edmund]] ([[User talk:Edmund|talk]]) 05:52, 13 April 2016 (UTC) |
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== computer program comments == |
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It's a good thing that Charles Babbage, being English, understands ..., er, ... ''English'' --- otherwise all of our computer programming languages' comments would be for naught. Ay, what? Jolly good show! -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 09:56, 13 April 2016 (UTC) |
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