I can't see which statement should span to more lines. Perhaps the most obscure is the init() function, but this is called once to initialize the board based on hard-wired if-else and so there is no point in making it more 'verbal'. There are also some (a,b,c...)=(func1(), func2 ,func3(),...) statements which I find very handy if done carefully.

I am not much familiar with Python but I can't see how the equivalent Python code is more readable than this. Even Peter Norvig "former-Lisp-legend", now "Googley-Python-Evangelist", seems to admit there is no real improvement in program readability

Anyway, I will agree this 'competition' is just for fun (or to keep our teeth sharp!)

In reply to Re^2: Knight's Tour Problem in Perl by ptoulis
in thread Knight's Tour Problem in Perl by ptoulis

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