[VA] SRC #012a - Then and Now: Probability

[Vincent Weber]

(10-13-2022 11:27 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  

Vincent Weber Wrote:Before posting my code in another thread, let me try to remember how to convert a recursive algorithm into an iterative one

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As a general remark, I'm somewhat mystified that no RPL solutions have been posted or even discussed so far. I know that writing RPL code adds an enormous layer of sheer incomprehensibleness to the task but still ...

Hi Valentin,

Unfortunately I have to renounce making an interative solution for the vanilla 17B/27S. I realize that this would require full indirect addressing of registers. By full I mean read and write. But the HP solver only allows reading values of a list indirectly (with ITEM[I]), not writing them (the L(ITEM[I] :X) construct, while straightforward, is illegal). Why HP didn't allow this, which would have brought their powerful and elegant solver language to Turing-compatibility level to solve any kind of problems, is beyond me...

Of course Plus42 allows this construct, but is out of the competition, so I renounce this.

But I might try to implement my recursive algorithm in RPL and see how it performs

Best regards