Todo v. Dec0524c
From: Chuck
Dec 5, 2024
Ever have a very thorny complex task,
With so many parts, you don't know
where to start ?
Like: Rebuilding the FBI, or the FDA ?
It's not that you don't know what to do,
it's determining the ORDER of actions
that's troublesome.
The sequence is a geometric sequence: 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720,... The nth term is equal to the previous term multiplied by n.
One item : 1 order
Two items : 2 orders
Three items : 6 orders
Four items : 24 orders
Five items: 120 orders
Six items : 720 orders
Twenty Items:
2.432902 x10^18 orders.
2.4 Quintillion orders.
Computers, and your brain,
use a structure called a STACK
to handle this complexity.
Take a Deck of Cards...
52 cards...
Simple, huh ?
Now throw the deck to the ceiling,
and pick up the scattered cards.
It's only 52 cards, but which card do
you pick first?
And the next...?
8.0658175 x 10^67 choices...
Computers, and your Brain, utilize
and re-order stacks in the handling
of complexities.
That's why we have two hemispheres.
That's why perplexed people talk to themselves
That's why people need lawyers
in face of the complexity of the law.
That's why "two heads are better than one."
Our internal STACKS have to be inverted.
I just re-wrote a program that I wrote
30 years ago, on my Amstrad. that does this...
It's very handy ..!
Try it !
Todo currently handles 52 steps...
Writes your list in HTML
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