my $terminal = 1;
my $maxpain = ?;
my $minaccept = 100;
my $can_ignore = 100;
my $endoftime= 1000000000000000000000000000;
my $time;
my $sometime = $time + 30;
my $moretime = $sometime+ 30;
my $accept_last = "0";
my $i;

if ($terminal) {

my $pain;
my $hope;

for ($i=0; $i < $endoftime; $i++) {

my $solutions_to_try = &SearchForOptions;
if ($solutions_to_try) {$hope++;}

$pain = "1";
$time++;

if ($time > $sometime) {$pain = "2";}

$can_ignore--;
$hope--;
$accept_last++;

if ($time > $moretime) {$pain = "3"; undef $solutions_to_try;}

if (! $solutions_to_try &&
$pain > $maxpain &&
$can_ignore < 0 &&
$accept_last > $minaccept) {last;}

}


}
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