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From: akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Joseph K. Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: hp48 help
Message-ID: <27e5a201:2470comp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 91 05:40:06 GMT
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Help!  Here's a problem desperately seeking a solution:

I want to make a cassette tape containing songs of different
lengths.  Which songs do I put on which sides so as to insure
that both sides are the same length (or as close to the same
as possible)?

We have one solution that involves recursion, but it's not
exciting to watch...  Is there a way of doing this that doesn't
take minutes to run?

The applications for a "goal seeking engine" like this are many;
the classic postage stamp problem; checkbook balancing...

-- Jeff Duncombe -- Joseph Horn -- & the PPC gang