Talk:Number reversal game: Difference between revisions

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: Hi Eriksiers, the only restriction on the method of sorting is that only reversals are allowed. It could be that pancake sorting might be a way to get to the desired result, but that algorithm is not mandated. The program does not ''do'' a sort. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 20:47, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
: Hi Eriksiers, the only restriction on the method of sorting is that only reversals are allowed. It could be that pancake sorting might be a way to get to the desired result, but that algorithm is not mandated. The program does not ''do'' a sort. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 20:47, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
:: What I meant is that I think that it makes the ''player'' to perform a pancake sort, kinda... Shrug. It was just a thought. -- [[User:Eriksiers|Eriksiers]] 01:38, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

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This seems to be a variation of what WP calls Pancake sorting. Should the task perhaps be revised somehow? Or perhaps a new "pancake sorting" task be added, and then note this as being applied pancake sorting? -- Eriksiers 20:02, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Eriksiers, the only restriction on the method of sorting is that only reversals are allowed. It could be that pancake sorting might be a way to get to the desired result, but that algorithm is not mandated. The program does not do a sort. --Paddy3118 20:47, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
What I meant is that I think that it makes the player to perform a pancake sort, kinda... Shrug. It was just a thought. -- Eriksiers 01:38, 5 April 2010 (UTC)