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Programming Challenge #3

Another little puzzle to keep you thinking. I saw this problem during the reign of the dinosaurs, and thought it was pretty clever.

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Programming challenge #2

Another little mini-question to keep you thinking. The first one was definitely too easy, so we’ll slowly increase the degree of difficulty as we go along.

No more trigonometric functions this time; we’re going to Cartesian coordinates. This is a re-adapted version of a sample problem from Google Code Jam. Here it is.

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Programming challenge #1

Programming is more than simply remembering a few functions and properties and calling them. It’s about thinking, processing, ordering, planning and implementing. Programming, real programming, requires a keen understanding of what you want to do, what you’re doing, and what needs to be done. Sound complicated? It’s not. Here’s the first of a few questions that you as a programmer should be able to do in your sleep. You can leave answers in the comments. The programming language you use doesn’t matter.

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