Re: Evaluating a series

[Nicholas Jankowski]

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Andy Buckle <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On 9 August 2012 14:41, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> On 9 August 2012 09:01, Nicholas Jankowski <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > 50 points from Gryffindor: for doing the kid's homework for him
>> > instead of leading him to actually learning to use the program.
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>> I am not going to investigate if this alleged "kid" really is asking
>> the internet to do this his(?) homework or not. And if he is, great,
>> because I also ask the internet to do mine all the time ("patches
>> welcome", etc).
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>> Anyways, you suggested using for loops, which are manifestly
>> unnecessary for this problem.
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>> - Jordi G. H.
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> I was thinking it was the suggestion of loops that made you snap. I was
> wavering myself.
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> --
> /* andy buckle */

hah... yeah, thought that would get someone up in arms. it would be
bigger, uglier, slower, BUT more intelligible and educational to a
programming newbie. Was basing my assumption off the level of
capability hinted at by the form of the initial question. :)