The counting frog.

bobbym · 2014-03-25 06:28:19

Neither just two old men.

phrontister · 2014-03-25 22:46:56

Hi Bobby,

Thanks for posting the puzzle - I really enjoyed the challenge.

It kept me busy for longer than it should because of my fumbling around, but if I'd got it right first pop I would have missed out on debugging it, which was also quite enjoyable. It appears, though, that the frog enjoyed debugging even more that I did...but at least I'm still alive to tell the tale!

Of course, I may not be using that same adjective to describe my feelings about the puzzle if I were up to my 100th wrong answer!

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Agnishom · 2014-03-25 23:25:27

I did a similar problem at Brilliant around 7-8 months ago.

bobbym · 2014-03-26 00:58:26

Hi phrontister;

It does not matter how long it took just as long as we got that frog.

Agnishom wrote:

I did a similar problem at Brilliant around 7-8 months ago.

Yes, but mine was much better because there were frogs.

phrontister · 2014-03-26 01:33:01

The intact-but-soon-to-be-blown-to-smithereens frog, who, it would seem from this photo of the frog in action, is not too far from his exit out of the land of the living...

bobbym · 2014-03-26 01:49:12

Hmmm, he does look ready to explode.

phrontister · 2014-03-30 01:13:12

Here is BASIC code for a Josephus simulation I found on the net that I adapted for this puzzle:

It runs in my LibertyBASIC.

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ShivamS · 2014-03-30 01:19:01

You use LibertyBASIC too? I used JustBASIC but then upgraded to it.

Agnishom · 2014-03-30 01:24:13

Why do you need that?

ShivamS · 2014-03-30 01:29:09

Well, it's a good language for working with hardware...

phrontister · 2014-03-30 02:19:40

BASIC is the first and only programming language I've learnt...mainly on an old hand-held Sharp PC1500A Pocket Computer. Later I got the free JustBASIC software for my PC, liked it and then upgraded to the paid-for LibertyBASIC version, which I like to use for some puzzles here on MIF and others I find elsewhere from time to time.

One day I might try something else, like Python, which I downloaded and installed but never got even mildly serious about starting to learn it (not enough hours in a day).

bobbym · 2014-03-30 03:49:37

Hi phrontister;

What about M, you program in that too.

phrontister · 2014-03-30 04:31:02

True, but I hadn't considered M as a programming language.

Although I had thought about using M I let that pass as I couldn't see past doing a simulation and didn't know how to use M for that. Anyway, I'm happy with the spreadsheet simulation I did in Excel...the visual display helped to quickly iron out the various logic errors I'd made (which I suppose I could have done in M too if I knew it better).

ShivamS · 2014-03-30 04:31:56

Bobbym;
Most people don't consider M as a programming language.

bobbym · 2014-03-30 04:36:00

Hi;

They are mistaken then. M programming is an art and very difficult to do right. It supports proceduaral, functional and rule based programming.

ShivamS · 2014-03-30 04:38:44

But it's primary use is as a computational package/CAS, so many people fall under the assumption that it's not a full-fledged programming language (even though it's more powerful then most languages which support only procedural programming).

phrontister, have you tried Run BASIC? It's a dialect of BASIC created by Carl Grundel (the creator of Just and Liberty BASIC) which allows you to develop web pages.

bobbym · 2014-03-30 04:45:57

Hi ShivamS;

Mathematics is a language too. While other programming languages only have a smattering of math capabilities, M has tons of it. The other languages give programmers the false idea that math is separate from programming. After all, where is the math in a for next loop? M puts you back on the right track, they are connected.

anonimnystefy · 2014-03-30 06:02:06

Hi bobbym

Haven't checked the answers on previous pages yet, but I have come up with some sort of

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Agnishom · 2014-03-30 06:06:01

That is wrong, as far as I know. (unless you are using some other base than most humans do)

bobbym · 2014-03-30 06:08:22

Hi anonimnystefy;

phrontister · 2014-03-30 09:31:08

Hi ShivamS,

No, I haven't tried Run BASIC. Web-page development isn't something I'm interested in, and really, I program in BASIC only infrequently and always for puzzle solving.

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