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| Topic: | Re: Circle 3 |
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| Subject: | Thanks for finding a bug |
| Author: | Joel Duffin |
| Date: | Feb 12 2004 |
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I am a developer who has inherited the code for the Circle applet. I went and
looked and indeed, as Michael observed, the code contains a bug that is observed
as any sum over 18 being judged to be a completed circle. I've made a fix and
will post it in the next couple of days. I will post a message again when it is
available.
Thanks much!
On Feb 11, 2004, Michael McKelvey wrote:
Cynthia & Julee,
I just spent a while playing with the applet, and it appears to me that the
developers made an oversight when creating this applet. Instead of checking
whether the three numbers in a circle sum to 3, it checks whether the three
numbers sum to *at least* 3. There is a very big difference here. Try putting
3 numbers in a circle which sum to > 3, and you'll see that the circle gets
highlighted. I tried combinations on Julee's specific puzzle, and by my logic
saw no other possible solutions besides the one she gave, so it appears that the
0.8 is indeed a mistake. I feel fairly confident in saying that there's not
some other solution which uses all of the pieces correctly--the applet
creator(s) just made a mistake.
--Michael--
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