Project Euler

Mason- · 15 Dec 2014 at 16:37

Has anyone come across this website before?

https://projecteuler.net/problems

It is a website which offers some numerical problems which are best solved through programming. I have a job lined up currently but it doesn't start until September 2015. To keep my skills relatively sharp I have decided to undertake solving all of the problems before September.

I thought that perhaps we could start an OcUK thread about it and point each other in the right direction (without giving the solutions!!!).

Good luck!

PaulStat · 15 Dec 2014 at 18:17

Would it be to start an ocuk leader board for who can provide the fastest solutions, categorised into language

peterwalkley · 15 Dec 2014 at 18:52

PaulStat said:
Would it be to start an ocuk leader board for who can provide the fastest solutions, categorised into language

A bit pointless. There are solutions out there in most languages.

john_s · 15 Dec 2014 at 20:11

I have a pick at it every now and then. It certainly gets you thinking.

Mason- · 16 Dec 2014 at 21:18

It was not my intention for it to be competitive, more so for it to be somewhere to share solutions, or if people are stuck to help people out.

AHarvey · 16 Dec 2014 at 21:31

tbh you could start a thread on it but people would be at different stages and it would be hard to follow what was going on, it could use its own subforum and a thread for each problem but that seems over kill.

I've started it but haven't touched code in several months and my Python is a little rusty (lol) and i've yet to start C# but i'll be getting into it again asap

peterwalkley · 17 Dec 2014 at 12:22

Euler has a strong bias towards maths problems. An alternative that has a bias towards data structures and their applications is S99.

AGD · 18 Dec 2014 at 14:53

peterwalkley said:
Euler has a strong bias towards maths problems. An alternative that has a bias towards data structures and their applications is S99.

Yeah, project euler isn't really about programming, it is about solving maths puzzles.

AHarvey · 19 Dec 2014 at 15:05

AGD said:
Yeah, project euler isn't really about programming, it is about solving maths puzzles.

Programming is maths and puzzles

AGD · 19 Dec 2014 at 17:32

AHarvey said:
Programming is maths and puzzles

Most programming involves very little maths (and I say this as a video games developer).

AHarvey · 19 Dec 2014 at 20:13

AGD said:
Most programming involves very little maths (and I say this as a video games developer).

in your experience

Come work at my place and its mostly maths, stats and analytics, and thats for a multinational online gambling company

I doubt anyone at any point in history has ever said "don't worry about maths and problem solving, its not needed in programming".

It's also teaching you how to approach problems, how to think like a programmer, which is the hardest part of learning, much more so than just learning the language.

Antar Bolaeisk · 2 Jan 2015 at 20:20

Cheers for posting this, I'm now currently working on mathematical problems on a Friday night.