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Re^6: How can I calculate the right combination of postage stamps?

by tilly (Archbishop)
on Dec 02, 2008 at 03:24 UTC ( [id://727287]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^5: How can I calculate the right combination of postage stamps?
in thread How can I calculate the right combination of postage stamps?

This problem can be solved with Continued Fractions. Unfortunately nobody seems to use continued fraction libraries.

I know that MJD wrote one in Perl, but he didn't polish it up and release it on CPAN. I don't think anyone else has released one either.

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