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  3.     by baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f6VExms14793
  4.     for icon-group-addresses; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 07:59:48 -0700 (MST)
  5. Message-Id: <200107311459.f6VExms14793@baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU>
  6. Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 20:44:41 -0400 (EDT)
  7. From: Taybin Rutkin <trutkin@physics.clarku.edu>
  8. X-Sender: trutkin@planck.clarku.edu
  9. To: Ehud Lamm <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>
  10. cc: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
  11. Subject: Re: Best short Icon example
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  15.  
  16. On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Ehud Lamm wrote:
  17.  
  18. > I was wondering what would be the best Icon example. I want something short,
  19. > which solve a concrete problem, and uses some of Icons interesting features
  20. > (goal directed evaluation, string scanning).
  21. > Any suggestions?
  22.  
  23. How about the 8-queens problem?  That problem seems like the Icon language
  24. was designed to solve it, it solves so cleanly.
  25.  
  26. Taybin Rutkin
  27.  
  28.