Timeline for A Programmers Riddle
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| Sep 1, 2018 at 23:49 | vote | accept | IT Alex | ||
| Aug 31, 2018 at 23:13 | answer | added | jaam | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:58 | history | edited | Rand al'Thor |
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| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:35 | answer | added | Jonathan Allan | timeline score: 16 | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:35 | comment | added | Riley | @WeatherVane I'm not sure where you see a contradiction in my reasoning. If you want to continue to debate, let's carry it into Sphinx's Lair instead of the comments. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:34 | comment | added | Weather Vane | @Riley oh you did: What's the point of the loop if it terminates on the first iteration either way? That cannot be satisified on the first iteration. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:32 | comment | added | Taco |
@WeatherVane Because if Riley were to answer it on his first attempt, the next time the conditional is hit, then the loop is exited. Granted, this is not technically a while loop and the conditional is within it making it more of a do-while.
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| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:32 | comment | added | Riley | @WeatherVane I didn't say it would go down that branch. But if it did, it would exit the loop. If it didn't, then it would terminate due to the error. I'm not asserting that my interpretation is the only correct one. We don't even know what programming language this is after all. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:31 | history | edited | IT Alex | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:30 | comment | added | Weather Vane |
@Riley how can if riddle is answered then exit be satisfied on the first iteration, before any attempt to solve it?
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| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:29 | comment | added | IT Alex | @PerpetualJ They would have to iterate to the riddle and then answer it for at least 2 loops | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:29 | comment | added | Taco | Missing some comment blocks and all that invalid syntax there. :D | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:28 | comment | added | Riley | I suppose we can't really say what will happen because the code won't even compile. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:28 | comment | added | Taco | @ITAlex I wouldn't say it definitely doesn't, as this means that no one can solve it on their first attempt. For most, it will execute more than once. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:27 | comment | added | Taco | @Riley It wouldn't truly end on the first iteration for everyone. It may take someone several tries to answer the riddle, thus the loop starts over. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:26 | comment | added | IT Alex | @Riley it definitely doesn't. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:24 | comment | added | Riley | What's the point of the loop if it terminates on the first iteration either way? :) | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:24 | answer | added | Taco | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 20:18 | history | asked | IT Alex | CC BY-SA 4.0 |