Program Challenge (was Re: z80 timing... 6502 timing)

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Wed Apr 21 11:30:40 1999

It would seem that we need further clarification of the fine points of the
variant of "Roman Numerals" that we are to work with.

For example, would ANY form of 1999 be acceptable, or is there one form
that is required? MIM, MXMIX, MCMIC, . . .

If there ISN"T a rule limiting the number of occurences of consecutive
digits, then 6 could be expressed as IIIIII, etc. That gives rise to
another flippant entry:

; data segment is composed of 3999 I's followed by a null
        MOV DX, 3999 ; DX now points to the null
        SUB DX, AX ; for a value X in AX, DX now points to a location
                        : from which there are X I's and a null.
Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 11:30:40 BST