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: The basic task is very simple, the point of the restrictions is try and get people to think a bit out of the box and make it a bit more challenging. --[[User:Dgamey|Dgamey]] 12:00, 13 August 2011 (UTC) |
: The basic task is very simple, the point of the restrictions is try and get people to think a bit out of the box and make it a bit more challenging. --[[User:Dgamey|Dgamey]] 12:00, 13 August 2011 (UTC) |
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::I'm not sure whether that is the objective of rosettacode, because this is a chrestomathy. If the task has a good implementation that can be achieved through the use of operators, then we should be able to use them here. This could possibly be a challenge for a programming challenge site, but I don't know of one off hand. Alternatively, we could possibly make the restrictions optional. [[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 14:55, 13 August 2011 (UTC) |
::I'm not sure whether that is the objective of rosettacode, because this is a chrestomathy. If the task has a good implementation that can be achieved through the use of operators, then we should be able to use them here. This could possibly be a challenge for a programming challenge site, but I don't know of one off hand. Alternatively, we could possibly make the restrictions optional. [[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 14:55, 13 August 2011 (UTC) |
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::: The restrictions were really part of the original intent and not an optional add on. That is the intent is to see ways of dealing with things a bit out of the ordinary. I would argue that there are other puzzles and challenges on the site and that limitations are not counter to the intent of the site. There is also nothing preventing a [[Longest string]] task either. --[[User:Dgamey|Dgamey]] 18:57, 13 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== Intent of Restrictions== |
== Intent of Restrictions== |
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