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Here's the danger of everyone copying everyone else's code: how many of the examples can handle the following three circles? <code>x=0, y=2, r=1; x=0, y=-2, r=1; x=4, y=0, r=1</code> --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 23:38, 14 September 2011 (UTC) |
Here's the danger of everyone copying everyone else's code: how many of the examples can handle the following three circles? <code>x=0, y=2, r=1; x=0, y=-2, r=1; x=4, y=0, r=1</code> --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 23:38, 14 September 2011 (UTC) |
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:OK great. What do we do to fix it? --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 01:46, 15 September 2011 (UTC) |
:OK great. What do we do to fix it? --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 01:46, 15 September 2011 (UTC) |
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:: Problems which are simple translations are usually indications that the translator is unfamiliar with the algorithm and/or the target language. Perhaps rewrites (or audits) should be preferred. Perhaps translations should show up on the unimpl pages as ENAs? --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 02:20, 15 September 2011 (UTC) |
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Suggest inline/block quoting the problem and algebraic solutions. (With citations, of course) --Michael Mol 17:34, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Meta error propagation
Here's the danger of everyone copying everyone else's code: how many of the examples can handle the following three circles? x=0, y=2, r=1; x=0, y=-2, r=1; x=4, y=0, r=1
--Ledrug 23:38, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
- OK great. What do we do to fix it? --Mwn3d 01:46, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
- Problems which are simple translations are usually indications that the translator is unfamiliar with the algorithm and/or the target language. Perhaps rewrites (or audits) should be preferred. Perhaps translations should show up on the unimpl pages as ENAs? --Michael Mol 02:20, 15 September 2011 (UTC)