On May 7, 1:29 am, Steven D'Aprano <steve +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Fri, 06 May 2011 12:36:09 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote: > > The amb engine would conceptually execute this function for every > > possible combination of a, b, and c, > > Which pretty much is the definition of "brute-force solver", no?
FWIW, here's one of my favorite brute-force solvers: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576615-alphametics-solver/ Raymond ------- follow my recipes and tips on twitter: @raymondh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
