Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things by Carlos Bueno

Author:Carlos Bueno [Carlos Bueno]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: COMPUTERS / Computer Science
ISBN: 9781593276577
Publisher: No Starch Press
Published: 2014-12-11T16:00:00+00:00

“Take this to General Darius down the hall, in the Office of Logistics,” said Case, handing her a blank Pass Approval Request Form. “If he approves it, I’ll approve it.”

“Thank you!” Laurie said brightly.

“Hmm.” He turned back to his fencepost problem, leaving Laurie to find General Darius on her own.

* * *

General Damien Darius was also busy with a stack of paperwork. Laurie noticed a large map of a river on his desk; the map was covered in scribbles and arrows.

“General Darius? I need a Pass,” said Laurie, handing him the Pass Approval Request Form she’d gotten from Case.

“Are you here about the mandelbroccoli?”

“Uh, mandelbroccoli? No, sir.”

“Then you have information regarding the wolf.”

“The wolf?”

“Yes, the wolf,” said Darius. “One of my men is trying to move a wolf, a goat, and a load of mandelbroccoli across the Concurrent Streams. The boat is only big enough for him and one other thing.”

“Can’t he take one at a time?” she asked.

“No good. If he takes the wolf and leaves the goat alone with the broccoli, she’ll eat it. If he takes the broccoli and leaves the wolf with the goat, the wolf will eat her.”

“So take the goat first,” said Laurie, doing a pantomime in her head. “And then take . . . oh.”

“Yes. No matter what he takes next, he has the same problem on the other side.” Darius said.

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