Well Smitty, I managed to make one in under 1 day. Seems to work with a few I tried and I'm sure I could make it better/faster, but I won't be trying
Wossy, I'll have to talk to other mods and see if they feel like helping with the marking in some languages. The ones that we can have for sure are VB6 and .Net, maybe Java if Note isn't too bored () and hopefully more. But first we (I) want to see if there is any interest in this or maybe we should try something different (since the last few contests tanked). Also, that's a good idea to give some sudokus for testing
Note, I was talking to smitty that didn't want to search
Valleysboy1978, I personally don't find it that hard, but then again I'm a genius It seems that sudoku it gaining popularity rapidly so that's mailny where I'm resting my hopes to get a few entries...
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Wossy, I'll have to talk to other mods and see if they feel like helping with the marking in some languages. The ones that we can have for sure are VB6 and .Net, maybe Java if Note isn't too bored ()
I am far away from bored...if I had the time I would compete my self...but beeing a judge will probably take even more time. Depens on what criterias they are going to be judged after...
PS: When you say .NET, do you mean that C# and VB.NET are competing against each other?
Originally Posted by manavo11
Note, I was talking to smitty that didn't want to search
You should be more carefull when you write...If you can't make me understand, you can't make one of those greak girls to understand..
I am far away from bored...if I had the time I would compete my self...but beeing a judge will probably take even more time. Depens on what criterias they are going to be judged after...
PS: When you say .NET, do you mean that C# and VB.NET are competing against each other?
Oh well, we'll see if we do go through with this...
PS I haven't thought that through, why do you ask?
Originally Posted by NoteMe
You should be more carefull when you write...If you can't make me understand, you can't make one of those greak girls to understand..
But you are stupid, they aren't
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Valleysboy1978, I personally don't find it that hard, but then again I'm a genius It seems that sudoku it gaining popularity rapidly so that's mailny where I'm resting my hopes to get a few entries...
It depends on the difficulty of the game. I always try the Times (online) as they are reputed to be the most diffiicult
The last few contests only tanked because they weren't great candidates for contests. The first (primes) contest was all about algorithms (like this sudoku one is) and that was a big hit. This should be a good contest. If you haven't already done so, post in the VB6/vb.net and C# forums about this.
The last few contests only tanked because they weren't great candidates for contests. The first (primes) contest was all about algorithms (like this sudoku one is) and that was a big hit. This should be a good contest. If you haven't already done so, post in the VB6/vb.net and C# forums about this.
I haven't, I've just posted here so far since there is the most traffic... I was going to post in the Contests forum but no one would notice I'll still have to talk to Pino and see how we'll do this but it looks like this has the most interest.
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I haven't compared the relative speeds of VB.Net and C# but I doubt there's much difference unless you use unsafe code in C#, then C# would just edge forward a bit.
I don't think we should let VB.net compete against C# because its difficult to gauge one language agains another without writing a full program and then porting it line for line into the other language. I for one, can't be bothered with that. Better to have a separate category for C#
I don't think we should let VB.net compete against C# because its difficult to gauge one language agains another without writing a full program and then porting it line for line into the other language. I for one, can't be bothered with that. Better to have a separate category for C#
I'm confused. You mean compare VB.Net with C# and have 1 winner from both? I was thinking seperately for each language, not mixed up...
Originally Posted by wossname
Theoretically a computer should be able to solve any sudoku regardless of perceived difficulty it might take a few more iterations or recursions or whatever but I think the amount of time between a hard puzzle and an easy one should be small.
It would be very interesting to see the different approaches that people take to this problem. Maybe we could ask the top 3 people from each category to write a brief description of how their code works, or include it in the //comments.
Boy you really seem to like the idea Hopefully we'll get some more people expressing their interest in the contest and we can run it
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Theoretically a computer should be able to solve any sudoku regardless of perceived difficulty it might take a few more iterations or recursions or whatever but I think the amount of time between a hard puzzle and an easy one should be small.
It would be very interesting to see the different approaches that people take to this problem. Maybe we could ask the top 3 people from each category to write a brief description of how their code works, or include it in the //comments.
I don't think Sudoku would be an 'algorithmic' contest like the prime numbers one was, but it is an interesting one nevertheless. Of course, there are levels of difficulties, and you have to keep in mind that this would be a generic sudoku solver. In other words, any sudoku puzzle could be solved with this program.
My doubts are something along these lines: A lot of the solving that we do in sudoku is based upon deduction and some techniques (such as matching the numbers required in a line with those required in a 3*3 box). To what extent can we go?
This sounds difficult to me (at least for now) but very interesting.
I think its algorithmic because the constraints are so simple and can all be entirely represented in a computer. Its a matter of how well we can represent them. I'd appreciate a fairly long time limit on this contest because I'm really busy, but i want to have a go at this. How about 3 or 4 weeks?
I think its algorithmic because the constraints are so simple and can all be entirely represented in a computer. Its a matter of how well we can represent them. I'd appreciate a fairly long time limit on this contest because I'm really busy, but i want to have a go at this. How about 3 or 4 weeks?
Agreed... same here, might need a little more time than the prime numbers contest did.
I think it sounds like a great idea. Especially if a lot of people get into it.
I'm definitly in, but I know I have no chance of winning just because I would barely be able to make it function and I wouldn't have much of an idea of how to make it fast. But I'll participate either way.
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It seems that sudoku it gaining popularity rapidly so that's mailny where I'm resting my hopes to get a few entries...
