Hi Steven, On 08/12/2010 01:37 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:14:35 -0700, Baba wrote: > >> level: beginner >> >> exercise: given that packs of McNuggets can only be bought in 6, 9 or 20 >> packs, write an exhaustive search to find the largest number of >> McNuggets that cannot be bought in exact quantity. > > Is this a trick question? > > I'd like to see somebody try to buy exactly 10**100**100 (1 googleplex) > McNuggets. And that's not even close to the largest number that you can't > buy.
You CAN buy that many Nuggets. You just need the money and of course you have to wait a little until they are ready. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
