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28/12/1999 08:45:44
Michael Dougherty
Progressive Business Publications
Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States
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Visual FoxPro
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>>By my understanding of the question the 4th line will result in the missionary being eaten
>
>>>(c=cannibal, m=missionary)
>>>left - on boat - right
>>>cccmmm -
>>>ccmm - cm
>>>ccmm - m - c
>>>cmm - cm - c
>>----------^^^^^^
>
>>2 Canibals and 1 missionary - Stew!
>
>The cm is a cannibal and a missionary on the boat, and one cannibal on each back of the river.

OK, but my understanding of the rules is that the person (/people) in the boat count as being on the side of the river so there's cmc on the right bank.

Cheers,

Andrew


If we were to introduce Visual FoxBase+, would we be able to work from the dotNet Prompt?


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