Subj : Re: Syntax, style, the infinite monkey theorum and coding
To   : comp.programming
From : Gerry Quinn
Date : Wed Aug 24 2005 12:08 pm

In article <1124861354.125763.279510@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, 
jdallen2000@yahoo.com says...
> > ... 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.

All the above is in fact conjecture, since Pi has not been proved 
normal, and none of the listed sequences have been found.

- Gerry Quinn

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