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:: +1 however [[Permuted_multiples]] potentially has some merit, unlike this task and ''especially'' [[Special_pythagorean_triplet]], which is ''entirely'' about devising an efficient algorithm and ''nothing at all'' to do with the differences between programming languages. Mind you the same could be said for the older [[Sum_multiples_of_3_and_5]]. I certainly don't envy anyone trying to police this. One thing Calmosoft is either unwilling or incapable of comprehending is that projecteuler plainly says ''"don't"'', though it is more debateable as to who is making a more of a fool of themselves: him for posting these tasks in the first place, or those of us that far too eagerly start submitting solutions, and I am not entirely innocent there. --[[User:Petelomax|Pete Lomax]] ([[User talk:Petelomax|talk]]) 18:08, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
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:::Problem is, we all provide solutions to these tasks and ''then'' say we want to delete them - maybe if we just ignored the tasks we don't like, didn't post solutions and waited for Thundergnat to rule on them, there might be more justification for deleting them. Perhaps we could flag then as "Under Review - post solutions at your own risk" or something ? <br><br>
:::RC has a Category:[[Simple]] for easier programming tasks - the [[Sum_multiples_of_3_and_5]] could fall into that category. I like that task as a small amount of thought can yield a better solution than the obvious one.<br><br>
:::What do you particularly dislike about [[Special_pythagorean_triplet]] (a task you have provided two solutions for) ? Other than several of the solution authors haven't read the task description and/or have neglected to calculate a * b * c, I have no problem with it. I for one, put not inconsiderable thought and effort into it, as I imagine Nigel, yourself and several other people did too. For that reason alone I think it should stand.<br><br>
:::However, I must agree that RC should not just be a collection of tasks "find primes with property X" and "solve Project Euler Problem Y" and perhaps we should draw the line here.<br><br>
:::The use of the task test verbatim from Project Euler worried me considerably, however I believe their license allows it - after re-reading the license page several times, I came to the concluson that the bit that says it can't be re-published is refering to everything else except the problem itself. I'm not a lawyer though, so I could be wrong... Whether their license means the task page as a whole is now under the Creative Commons license is also something I'm also not qualified to say. It might be better to change the description to something like "Solve the Project Euler problem ''here''" (where ''here'' is a link to their page) and remove all actual PE text.<br><br>
:::--[[User:Tigerofdarkness|Tigerofdarkness]] ([[User talk:Tigerofdarkness|talk]]) 19:25, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
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