[TIB] Re: Is there a TI-HAKMEM?
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[TIB] Re: Is there a TI-HAKMEM?
TI-83+ Index isn't on first page.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: <ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 5:01 PM
Subject: [TIB] Re: Is there a TI-HAKMEM?
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> Adam:
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> You wrote to ti-basic on Friday, 06 Sept 2002:
> > Ah, but who said we have to do it their way? Yes, I agree,
> > the math algorithms should be there, and get a good seat. But
> > for most people, the little tricks are every bit as important.
> >
> > --Adam
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> I almost decided to reply to you off-list in this case, since I'm
> obviously in the minority [as usual ;)].
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> My original posting asked the question: "Is there a TI-HAKMEM?"
> and referred to "cool snippets" and "showcasing talent". Obviously,
> I wasn't talking about (sorry, Adam,) "1. Most things that work on
> the TI-89 work on the 92+." I was talking about a list of useful
> algorithms, useful snippets, clever optimizations, and so on;
> *EXACTLY ANALOGOUS TO THE "HAKMEM" DOCUMENT*. Hence the use of the
> term "HAKMEM" to describe what I wanted. If I had had in mind
> the sort of submissions you and Aaron Fineman are accumulating,
> I would have asked something more like "Is there an index to the
> TI-XX user's manual?"
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> I'm really trying not to make this a flame, and I hope you don't
> take it as such. Your messages have brought out points that might
> not be obvious to many readers of this mailing list (I don't know
> anything about any calc beyond TI-82/3/+). But they're not HAKMEM
> material, IMNSHO.
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> Note also that "math algorithms" aren't the only contents of the
> HAKMEM document: there are also game analyses and "problems" to be
> solved by later gurus. I'd really like to see, e.g., Basicoderz
> explain the logic behind the AI for their classic TI-83 Connect4
> game, or "XprO"'s Snake clone. In other words, there's a lot of
> room for talented programmers who haven't taken calculus yet.
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> Sincerely,
> -Arthur
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