Talk:Solving coin problems

Maxima in Perl?

Hi, could you explain the use of maxima please? Thanks. --Paddy3118 (talk) 09:10, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Where is the AI?

For me AI implies an algorithm which learns. At its sipmlest it could try to answer the question asked; ask if the answer is right or wrong; if wrong ask for more information which might help it do better; try again; repeat until it gets the answer right.--Nigel Galloway (talk) 12:32, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

What is the grammar?

This program doesn't learn, it is required to translate an english like sentence into algebraic equations. The synatax for this english like sentence is described only by a large number of regular expressions in the Perl implementation, and perhaps in a book which everyone may not have access to. Should we not specify that grammar fully in the task description. The task could be solved just by wrapping all these regular expressions in the language of your choice, which seems a little mindless.--Nigel Galloway (talk) 12:32, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Solving the reulting translation

Rosetta Code has tasks for parsing and solving RPN and infix problems. Could we not use these instead of Maxima? So the task would be to translate whatever syntax we define into RPN or infix?--Nigel Galloway (talk) 12:32, 17 May 2013 (UTC)