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Bored? Want some programming thrill?

3 Comments Posted by Viktoras Agejevas on 2008-10-22

“It’s what I call ‘mental masturbation’, when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.” – Linus Torvalds

Currently I have some idle time at my job (waiting for a new project), so I thought I don’t want to get too rusty. Programmer has to program… I have found Project Euler, a site dedicated to math/programming problems by Colin Hughes (aka Euler).

So if you want to exercise your head (and fingers) look no more: http://projecteuler.net

To make things more interesting, I’m solving some of the problems in C++, not my first programming language :)
So far I have 17 solutions under my belt, some of which use brute force so I might get back to them some time.

Happy hacking :)

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3 Responses to Bored? Want some programming thrill?

Albertas 2008-10-22 at 19:51:09
Hm, interesting. Wouldn’t it be more useful to contribute to some open source project or something?

Some of the problems do not require any programming at all. I solved problem 5 in two minutes with a piece of paper and a calculator.

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Viktoras Agejevas 2008-10-22 at 20:31:28
Open source requires some serious commitment and time, these exercises are fast and fun. One problem requires 2-30 minutes… I don’t think that involvement in open source and playing with these problems can be compared :)

First problems are very simple and yes, nr. 5 is one of them.

Problems which have been solved by 3000 or less people are more interesting, try them.

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Curtis 2008-10-23 at 23:12:57
Good way to sharpen the saw. Working on an Open Source project is not something to do when bored, it is a lifestyle change.

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