Re: Sudokus by Koalog

A.L. <alewando@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 06:07:46 GMT, "Jimmy H.M. Lee"
> <jlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Sudoku can be solved even using generate-and-test, but this will just take
>>forever. Of course, Prolog can be used to solve Sudoku, but a
>>constraint-based solution will be much more efficient. Being at UBC, you
>>have the privilege of learning constraint programming from the Father of
>>Constraints.

> Hm... Who is "Father of Constraints"?... Looking in the past, there
> are quite a bit of "fathers" but no one at UBC...

> A.L.

How about Prof. Alan Mackworth? The entire constraint field was started
with his seminal paper in 1977.

Cheers,
jim

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