Subj : Re: Implementing A* algorithm
To   : comp.programming
From : websnarf
Date : Wed Jul 20 2005 02:40 pm

Arthur J. O'Dwyer wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, CBFalconer wrote:
> > "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" wrote:
> >> Come on!  The OP wrote, and I quote: "I have a robot that has to
> >> find the shortest route through a maze. Options for doing this are
> >> either the A* or Dijkstra's algorithm."
> >
> > I had to leave an awful lot unsnipped to make this point.  What you
> > just requoted was snipped when I read it.  The references did not
> > exist.
>
>    Not true; you replied to the original post itself to say "You have
> excluded...," etc. All the context was there; you chose to ignore it.

Not sure "ignore" is the right adjective.  He's talking about
"unfamilliarity" with something that most serious Comp Sci people are
very familliar with.  He was really just talking about himself, even if
he didn't realize it.

-- 
Paul Hsieh
http://www.pobox.com/~qed/
http://bstring.sf.net/

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