Project Euler
 

[URL]http://projecteuler.net/[/URL]
[quote]Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to solve most problems.[/quote]I've solved 51 of 260 problems, putting me at level 2. (using Java) Anyone else here solve problems on this site? It's kind of addicting. :grin:

A few years ago, I solved all puzzles at that moment, which were about 110. Then I stopped doing them for no particular reason.

I'd recommend those puzzles to anyone who wants to get started with any programming language.

I spent a lot (TOO MUCH) time on them last year and solved 134 of them ... though none in the last 6 months or so. I had several that I was sure I was doing right but couldn't get to the correct answer or couldn't code it efficiently enough to finish in less time than it takes to do a LL test.:smile:

I always loved math and found the puzzles very interesting and learned a lot but I eventually found the math knowledge requirement increasing faster than I could learn it. When for me the puzzles went from solvable in hours or days to weeks or longer I found the time investment was more than I could afford. Or in some cases they required me work work with numbers larger than I could represent in a language I was confortable with.