[net.lang.c] permutation algorithm

robert@cheviot.UUCP (Robert Stroud) (12/18/84)

Larry Wall (lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP) asks whether John Lipinski's 
permutation algorithm (lip@masscomp.UUCP) has anything to do 
with change ringing...

> It looks suspiciously like a change ringing
> algorithm.  Can any of you ... Angles across the water confirm it?

The short answer is "No". For a longer answer, see my article in net.followup.

Robert J Stroud,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne