in reply to Re^2: min and mindex
in thread min and mindex
Wait, what?!
*I* don't get to drink because you didn't say the magic words, but *you* do? I need to rethink the rules to this game....
... but then it is a technical fault that I didn't grok that at the core of your masterful schooling on question posting, problem analysis and solution testing was The Schwartzian ... so okay, I owe you a point or a pint, whichever you prefer.
Actually, you caught me in a minor sin, since I think "reduce" (++tinita) would be what I would use for the problem as stated (sort of like spinning a log on a lathe to get a toothpick). So I posted an answer which wasn't a great answer for the question, but allowed me to be a wee bit cheeky for my own amusement.
The "drinking game" is just something I do to keep myself engaged with the site content and is just a variant of what some people do to keep awake in meetings: See if you can predict a response. Successful prediction? Assess whether it was necessary or gratuitous. Gratuitous? Point! Take a drink. For PM my rubric is
- Is the answer not wrong, but not quite right?
- Could the answer have been relatively easy to demonstrate with code, but wasn't?
- Does the answer seem to be more of an homage to the hive mind rather than a sincere effort to educate or illuminate?
(Now you see why I felt compelled to add working code to my snarky comment.)
This game is not for everyone: According to a thread I read a while back, sundialsvc4 would have destroyed BrowserUK's liver years ago. ;-)