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Possible typo ? #27

Closed malharjajoo closed 6 years ago

malharjajoo commented 6 years ago

In readme.md " If a puzzle runs too long and is terminated, it does not count as being incorrect."

@m8pple , could you kindly clarify this ?

m8pple commented 6 years ago

Given there is a limited time budget, and the scale just increases without end, the very last puzzle instance that people solve will always be cut-off. If this was counted as incorrect, then everyone would be guaranteed one incorrect result per puzzle, which isn't fair. In a halting problem sense, a puzzle that has not yet finished is neither correct nor incorrect.