March 26, 2009
9:31 a.m.
2009/3/25 Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info>:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:41:27 am Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 13:28, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote: I bet you can't even predict any particular ordering which is impossible to obtain.
A moral dilemma... should I take advantage of your innumeracy by taking you up on that bet, or should I explain why that bet is a sure thing for me? *wink*
Your challenge was to exhibit a particular permutation which the algorithm will not generate. For good measure I think you should also join a proof that it won't be generated (since there isn't enough time or, probably, space, to test it). -- Arnaud