At 08:49 2016-07-18, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:

Hey, spoiler alert!

Guess you'll need to subscribe to Gene's newspapers to find the solution.

Or run my program.

By inspection, I can come up with at least one date closer than that.

Go ahead.

So, let's think about the *algorithm* to solve the problem in minimal time, rather than the answer.

What I asked about. It appears that my code, though it seems somewhat ugly, is a pretty good solution, at least by LOC.

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko