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On 6/22/05, Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Dimitre, > I am keen to solve this problem. But I have a doubt > .. Do you have a algorithm for this(If yes, please > share it), which I'll implement with XSLT 2.0 ? Or we > have to also invent a algorithm for this.. I have an algorithm and an XSLT 2.0 solution that runs successfully with an available XSLT 2.0 processor and I will make this solution available, but I don't want to spoil the fun for anyone, who'd accept the challenge to find their own. This all started a few weeks ago when my 12-year daughter asked me if I can write a program that will print all Fibonacci numbers less than 1000000 (1 million). I quickly wrote something in XSLT and it was a great fun to change some parameters of the problem and see instantaneously the new result. She was very curious how the program works and I had to explain everything, including what is a sequence and what recursion is ... Surprisingly, all these concepts are not difficult to understand for a 12-year-old. I can only envy such a girl or a boy, starting their first programming experience with a functional language at this age. I have yet to think how we can best encourage interest towards functional programming at an early age -- probably Jeni or David will write a nice book for their kids in the next few years and make it available to other kids? This is the best we can do for our children. Cheers, Dimitre.
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