My takeaway from Arden's Theorem.

[honey the codewitch]

Whenever I let the blessing of my intelligence go to my head, as happens from time to time - which makes me foolish as a result - I try to solve Arden's Theorem in code. It's readily doable. It's proven possible. A CS major could do it over lunch. I've been trying for years. I've also tried to implement an alternative algorithm. It's equally frustrating. But it reminds me that I don't know everything, and certain things may remain beyond my reach. Part of me hopes I never solve it. It's a wonderful lesson in humility.

Real programmers use butterflies

[PIEBALDconsult]

I thought you were going to say it's chow mein.

[RickZeeland]

I like the Ardens in Belgium too :-\

[OriginalGriff]

I prefer the Ardennes. Good paté. :-D

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[RickZeeland]

Ah, spelling error, all too common amongst developers :-\

[stoneyowl2]

You should probably pose the question to a butterfly :) :doh:

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[Greg Utas]

:thumbsup: Best smoked ham I ever had was in the Ardennes.

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[Cp Coder]

Ardens, Ardennes, smoked ham .... now my head hurts! :wtf:

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[RickZeeland]

Time to watch a movie by the Dardenne Brothers[^] :-\

[Roger Wright]

Interesting problem... I've never looked into it because there was no such thing when I was programming for a living. It seems that the Keene's algorithm is key to the solution. This is something worth investigating, as I love state machines, and they seem to have gone out of favor.

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