Neato. I'll have to find Ruby for Win32. Thanks.

Post #169,113 by Another Scott 8/12/04 11:43:32 PM 8/13/04 8:25:25 AM Reply	Neato. I'll have to find Ruby for Win32. Thanks. More on this topic is here: [link\|http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_11_23_98.html\|Birthday Surprises] It's possible to derive a simple formula that gives an approximate answer for the number required to get a 50-percent chance of a match. That number is 1.2 times the square root of the number of categories. For 365 categories (days of the year), the number is 1.2 multiplied by the square root of 365, or 23. [...] What about triple matches? That's a trickier calculation, but the answer turns about to be 88 people. Cheers, Scott. Edited by Another Scott Aug. 13, 2004, 08:25:25 AM EDT Check your code. :-) [link\|http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_11_23_98.html\|Birthday Surprises] It's possible to derive a simple formula that gives an approximate answer for the number required to get a 50-percent chance of a match. That number is 1.2 times the square root of the number of categories. For 365 categories (days of the year), the number is 1.2 multiplied by the square root of 365, or 23. [...] What about triple matches? That's a trickier calculation, but the answer turns about to be 88 people. Cheers, Scott. Collapse All History
Post #169,148 by jb4 8/13/04 9:38:14 AM Reply	Cygwin is your friend Both Ruby and Python interpreters are available there. jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #169,152 by Another Scott 8/13/04 10:03:29 AM Reply	I've got Cygwin. I'll track down Ruby. Thanks, jb.

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