Talk:Odd word problem: Difference between revisions

::: This is exactly the kind of discussions we hit with [[Longest_string_challenge|The Longest String Challenge]] and took several rounds of discussion to get settled down. And the J folks will naturally ask how do you interpret the intent of this in a language that depends on arrays. You're also going to see discussions around solutions that use something that bends the restrictions and if they should be considered a cheat. Probably both where people try to get around the restrictions and where they will be wondering if they crossed a line by mistake. Hence there is an element of challenge in it. In any event you're likely going to have to spend more time explaining intent and such in the task description. Please understand, I'm not trying to be critical - it's just that I've been through all of this before. It took up way more of everyone's time than I expected. --[[User:Dgamey|Dgamey]] 13:27, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

::: If the task really intends "no saving in an array" that makes the Omit/J I placed on this one even more appropriate. In J, "array" is the same thing as "memory" or "storage" or "register" -- there just isn't anything else, in J. But I would still like to make sense of the task, if that is possible. (And, right now, I have to admit that the task does not make sense to me -- especially the one about how one is not supposed to reverse the string.) --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 17:48, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

 

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