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== task wording ==
The term '''hourglass''' is a device used to measure '''one hour'''.
The generic term for such a device is a '''sandglass''', which can measure specific times (set/defined during manufacture); usually filled with a fine (dry) sand, pouring/running (by gravity) from one vessel to another. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 04:14, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
:I missed that it says hourglass but times in minutes. You could use sandglass and keep the minutes or keep hourglass and change the units to hours.
:--[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 11:48, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
:I'm sure you're right, though [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hourglass Collins], alone I might add, disagrees with British English "a specified time" and American "esp. one hour" --[[User:Petelomax|Pete Lomax]] ([[User talk:Petelomax|talk]])
== task name ==
Perhaps the Rosetta Code (draft) task should be renamed to '''Sandglass''' puzzle. It may be more descriptive, but many people generically call a sandglass an hourglass, where the latter is more well known, even though most sandglasses are used to time boiling eggs (a three minute egg timer) or as a game timer for a player to solve or provide an answer. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 04:35, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
== Interim flips ==
Quite a fun little challenge.<br>
At heart, of course, it is really just a straightforward breadth-first search.<br>
Interm (and deferred) flips are/were allowed in the initial Logo submission. --[[User:Petelomax|Pete Lomax]] ([[User talk:Petelomax|talk]]) 17:35, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
: Very nice solution indeed
:I was late to see yours and then made a wrong reference to Julia instead .. --[[User:Hkdtam|Hkdtam]] ([[User talk:Hkdtam|talk]]) 17:48, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
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