Re: Challenges for all you Apple II programmers

[Mike Pfaiffer <pfaiffer@mts.net>]

John wrote:

> Here are some challenges for all the Apple II programmers here....
>
> In Applesoft, complete the following:
>
> 1. The fastest program to find the prime numbers from 2 to 1000, and print
> them on the screen, in the least amount of code.
>
> and...
>
> 2. The fastest program to multiply any 2 twenty-digit integers, and display
> the result on the screen, also in the least amount of code.
>
> All programs submitted for this "contest" will be typed into an Apple IIc,
> and timed. The limit of lines is the standard Applesoft 239 characters.
> Results of the top five for each challenge will be posted in this newsgroup.
> The only "prize" I can award are accolades you will get when your name is on
> the winners list.
>
> Have fun, and get to coding!

	Sounds very much like a grade eight project. This might be something the 
youngsters might like to try. :-)

				Later
				Mike



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