Subject: Re: [xsl] A small programming challenge From: Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 04:19:27 -0700 (PDT) |
Thanks Dimitre for an enlightening email.. I wish best for your family ;) Regards, Mukul --- Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6/22/05, Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hi Dimitre, > > I am keen to solve this problem. But I have a > doubt > > .. Do you have a algorithm for this(If yes, please > > share it), which I'll implement with XSLT 2.0 ? Or > we > > have to also invent a algorithm for this.. > > I have an algorithm and an XSLT 2.0 solution that > runs successfully > with an available XSLT 2.0 processor and I will make > this solution > available, but I don't want to spoil the fun for > anyone, who'd accept > the challenge to find their own. > > This all started a few weeks ago when my 12-year > daughter asked me if > I can write a program that will print all Fibonacci > numbers less than > 1000000 (1 million). > > I quickly wrote something in XSLT and it was a great > fun to change > some parameters of the problem and see > instantaneously the new result. > She was very curious how the program works and I had > to explain > everything, including what is a sequence and what > recursion is ... > > Surprisingly, all these concepts are not difficult > to understand for a > 12-year-old. > > I can only envy such a girl or a boy, starting their > first programming > experience with a functional language at this age. > > I have yet to think how we can best encourage > interest towards > functional programming at an early age -- probably > Jeni or David will > write a nice book for their kids in the next few > years and make it > available to other kids? > > This is the best we can do for our children. > > Cheers, > Dimitre. > > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com
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