ArcadeAge  writes:   
      
   > Does the challenge consist in writing a fully general solution to the   
   > mathematical problem? Or are they content if your program can solve   
   > the given major problem?   
      
   Specific problem solving only, they expect a specific result from a   
   specific set of input data. One assumes they check the answers   
   automatically.   
      
   > Would it be a lot of work to devise a problem instance that is too   
   > hard to solve by hand but still can be solved by a standard Commodore   
   > 128 within a few minutes?   
      
   Probably not. I looked at the first two problems, both have two parts. I   
   think a C64 (or 128) can easily do three of them. The fourth needs some   
   memory where 64 or 128 KB is not enough and I at least can't see a way   
   around that. Maybe with a RAM expansion. I wouldn't want to do that   
   with a floppy drive although a 1581 would work. And now that I've   
   thought that far, maybe I have to do just that :)   
      
   I actually tried doing one of the Euler project problems on a C64. After   
   a lot of head scratching the problem reduced to 400 additions which of   
   course a C64 can do easily. Only problem was, the result needed about 36   
   bits and cc65 only has 32-bit integers.   
      
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