#! perl use strict; use warnings; use feature 'state'; use constant DEBUG => 0; use constant { NONE => 0b0000, # 0 CABBAGE => 0b0001, # 1 GOAT => 0b0010, # 2 WOLF => 0b0100, # 4 }; use constant { EAT_CABBAGE => GOAT | CABBAGE, # 3 EAT_GOAT => WOLF | GOAT, # 6 ALL => WOLF | GOAT | CABBAGE, # 7 }; my @history = ( [ ALL, NONE ] ); my @solution = (); if (carry(ALL, NONE)) { for (@solution) { s/0/nothing /; s/1/the cabbage/; s/2/the goat /; s/4/the wolf /; } my $step = 1; print "\n"; printf("%d. $_", $step++) for @solution; } else { print "\nNo solution found\n"; } sub carry { my ($left_bank, $right_bank) = @_; state $call = 0 if DEBUG; printf "Enter carry(), call %d. (%03b | %03b)\n", ++$call, $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; # Carry right for my $passenger_1 (NONE, CABBAGE, GOAT, WOLF) { printf "move (call %d) %03b right (%03b | %03b)\n", $call, $passenger_1, $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; if ($passenger_1 && !($left_bank & $passenger_1)) { printf "abort move right because %03b missing from %03b\n", $passenger_1, $left_bank if DEBUG; next; } $left_bank -= $passenger_1; $right_bank += $passenger_1; printf "Move right made: %03b | %03b\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; if ($right_bank == ALL) { printf "Done: %03b | %03b\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; $left_bank == NONE or die "Error: $!"; push @solution, "carry $passenger_1 right\n"; return 1; } if ($left_bank == EAT_CABBAGE || $left_bank == EAT_GOAT) { $left_bank += $passenger_1; $right_bank -= $passenger_1; printf "Move right undone because EAT (%03b | %03b)\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; next; } push @solution, "carry $passenger_1 right\n"; # Carry left LEFT: for my $passenger_2 (NONE, CABBAGE, GOAT, WOLF) { printf "move %03b left\n", $passenger_2 if DEBUG; if ($passenger_2 && !($right_bank & $passenger_2)) { printf "abort move left because %03b missing from %03b\n", $passenger_2, $right_bank if DEBUG; next; } $left_bank += $passenger_2; $right_bank -= $passenger_2; printf "Move left made: %03b | %03b\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; for (@history) { if (($_->[0] == $left_bank) && ($_->[1] == $right_bank)) { $left_bank -= $passenger_2; $right_bank += $passenger_2; printf "Move left undone because REPEAT (%03b | %03b)\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; next LEFT; } } push @history, [ $left_bank, $right_bank ]; if ($right_bank == EAT_CABBAGE || $right_bank == EAT_GOAT) { $left_bank -= $passenger_2; $right_bank += $passenger_2; pop @history; printf "Move left undone because EAT (%03b | %03b)\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; next; } push @solution, "carry $passenger_2 left\n"; printf "About to call carry(%03b, %03b)\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; if (carry($left_bank, $right_bank)) { return 1; } else { $left_bank -= $passenger_2; $right_bank += $passenger_2; pop @solution; printf "Move left undone because call to carry() failed (%03b | %03b)\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; } } printf "Completed moves left (%03b | %03b)\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; $left_bank += $passenger_1; $right_bank -= $passenger_1; pop @solution; } printf "Completed moves right (%03b | %03b)\n", $left_bank, $right_bank if DEBUG; return 0; }