Subj : Re: Syntax, style, the infinite monkey theorum and coding
To   : comp.programming
From : James Dow Allen
Date : Tue Aug 23 2005 11:29 pm

> ... In the restatement of the theorem most popular among
> English speakers, the monkeys eventually type out the
> collected works of William Shakespeare."

It isn't necessary to hire a monkey of course.  The
digits of Pi contain the works of Shakespeare, as well
as a version of Hamlet in which Hamlet avenges his father's
death and becomes King of Denmark.

The digits of Pi, contain a polynomial-time solution to
the knapsack problem (if such a thing exists) including
versions in C, Snobol and 2650 assembly language.

James

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