James Gray
4/16/2007 11:48:00 AM
On Apr 15, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Eric I. wrote:
> On Apr 15, 3:49 pm, James Edward Gray II <j...@grayproductions.net>
> wrote:
>> On Apr 15, 2007, at 9:00 AM, Eric I. wrote:
>>
>>> Note that the initial state, where all hands have one finger,
>>> does not
>>> have a guaranteed win by either player. So if both players play
>>> perfectly, the game will never end.
>>
>> Wikipedia disagrees with this, which likely just means that I botched
>> my explanation of the rules somehow. I'm see if I can figure out
>> what I changed...
>>
>> James Edward Gray II
>
> I just read the Wikipedia description as a result of reading your
> comment. And as I read through the rules there, one difference did
> jump out at me. The rules disallow a clap where you start out with 3
> on left and 1 on right and end up with 1 on left and three on right.
> My code does not disallow that.
Sorry, yesterday was a busy day for me and I just got around to
looking into this. Thanks for looking into this for me.
Yes, this is the rule I didn't express in the quiz description. I
knew about it and just failed to state it correctly. For the record,
the missing rule is:
A clap must result in a change in finger counts. Just switching the
counts of the left and right hands is not allowed.
James Edward Gray II