From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!pyuxcc!djj Newsgroups: net.math Title: Re: ABCDE puzzle Article-I.D.: pyuxcc.309 Posted: Fri Jul 16 16:36:12 1982 Received: Sat Jul 17 02:41:17 1982 Come on folks, is this newsgroup net.math or net.i_can_write_a_program???? Brainteasers and puzzlers are quite fascinating to me for the sheer joy of mental calculation (and usually a bit of frustration). Many times I can envision the algorithm to exhaustively search out the solution, but this takes all the fun out of it. Granted, this problem was relatively simple; why not explore with your math abilities and not your programming abilities? This might be considered a flame (sorry), but I think it is more of a statement of purpose and philosophy. Let's have some real tough ones for us "pencil and paper" math-types. Dave Johnson BTL - PY P.S. By the way the answer is . . . (naw, I won't spoil it either)