--- /-\ndrew Savige wrote: > It seems to me that some of the solutions are not quite correct, failing the > test case: > > MD plus I > > which should produce the answer MDI. > > Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that the shortest solutions > of szery, Sec and Jasper all fail this test case. > > Falling back one stroke from 4e3 to 3999 remedies.
Found another. Ted Young's 107 fails this test case: MD minus I which should emit: MCDXCIX but Ted's entry emits: MMMCMXCIX At least that's what I see. As per szeryf, Sec and Jasper, changing 4e3 to 3999 remedies, at the cost of a stroke. Cheers, /-\ Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com