[Kc] 100 Monkeys: Solved [x-bayes]

[Garrett Goebel]

John Whitmore wrote:
> From: Garrett Goebel
> > 
> > All the submissions solved the problem with brute force.
> > I was a bit disappointed that nobody submitted an answer
> > which solved it algorithmically. 
> > 
> >   join' ',map$_**2,1..10 
> 
> A faster solution in the same vein is:
> print "1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100"
> 
> Although I admit it is twice as long...

;) That's why the goal was explicitly to _calculate_ the answer.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe this month's puzzle has an algorithmic
answer. So while any halfway decent brute force script will put you in the
running for the random drawing... figuring out some good heuristics will be
necessary to take the fastest script prize.

Garrett

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