Re: Project Euler (a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems)

by dragonchild (Archbishop)

on Feb 05, 2006 at 03:33 UTC ( #528034=note: print w/ replies, xml )

Need Help??

I've finished 9 so far, including a 15 point problem. A few hints for effective Perl usage:

bignum is your friend.
Not every problem is a math problem. (For example, I solved one problem with Date::Calc.)
Use iterative algorithms - recursion will blow your stack.

My criteria for good software:

Does it work?
Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

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