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The Modern C# Challenge

You're reading from   The Modern C# Challenge Become an expert C# programmer by solving interesting programming problems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789535426
Length 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Problems


Use the following problems to test your skills at building simulations. Give each problem a try before you turn to the solutions and download the example programs.

82. Dawkins' weasel

Dawkins' weasel, also known as the weasel program, is a relatively simple text simulation that was intended to demonstrate how random variation and selection can lead to non-random results. The idea was inspired by the infinite monkey theorem, which states that a monkey typing randomly on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time will eventually reproduce all of the works of William Shakespeare. Thinking about that theorem, Richard Dawkins decided to write a simulation that would generate Hamlet's line, "Methinks it is like a weasel." (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2.)

The simulation starts with a completely random string of 28 letters and spaces. (The Hamlet quote is 28 characters long.) The program then creates a sequence of generations until the random string morphs into the target string.

During each generation...

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