From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d74d61525ce986e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-22 06:43:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!freenix!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Amado Alves Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Implementing Memorize Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:42:06 +0000 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1066830171 75540 80.67.180.195 (22 Oct 2003 13:42:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:42:51 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Oct 2003 13:38:46.0078 (UTC) FILETIME=[D10A5DE0:01C398A1] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p5 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1420 Date: 2003-10-22T13:42:06+00:00 On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 12:52, Lutz Donnerhacke wrote: > > So your problem is generating the Fibonaci number of a given natural N. > No. Fib is only an application for the more general pattern Memorize. I see. I remember an application I had that required this: computing the editing distance between two strings. I also did it with a hash table. I did not do a generic version. What is your "referenced article"?