Talk:Schlemiel the Painter's algorithm: Difference between revisions

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Regarding the obtuse title... I can assure you that "a Schlemeil" is the common name for an instance of this problem in my workplace, which houses about 80 programmers. I do not know if it's a common name outside of my workplace, but do know that google finds several hundred hits for "schlemiel the painter", many of which are in the 'edu' ___domain... unversity lecturers have started quoting this article http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000319.html in there lecture note.

I think it's safe to say that "a Schlemiel" is a "contemporary name" for an eternal problem, which heretofore has remained nameless, and it's a problem which programmers are wanting to learn and think about... and I submit that on these grounds the topic is worthy of a Wikipedia article.

I accept that the style of the article is (in parts) inappropriate for an encylopedia... but I hope that the "under construction" tags buys me a few days to get that sorted out. I'm new at this, and I think I'm doing OK so far, getting some ideas down... could be better, but could be a lot worse.