Archive for October, 2008
Problem 7 By listing the first six prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, we can see that the 6th prime is 13. What is the 10001st prime number? Ah, what a nice, straightforward, unambiguous spec! If only business software specifications were so precise. Way back in problem 3, I took a bit of a wander off-topic [ READ MORE ]
Generally, I try to avoid turning this blog into some sort of snark-fest about other programmers or blogs. I’ve disagreed with Jeff Atwood once or twice though, and so by posting this I’m probably straying a little close to the edge…but what the hell. A couple of days ago Coding Horror carried a fluff piece about [ READ MORE ]