[net.misc] programming exercise wanted

ark (04/04/83)

I am seeking a programming problem to solve, for pedagogical
reasons, in several different programming languages.

	1. The problem statement should be easily understood.

	2. Its solution should be no more than a few hundred
	lines in most languages (except, perhaps, COBOL).

	3. It should have general appeal.

	4.  Its solution should contain a mix of things:
	some text fiddling, some data structure manipulation,
	some array crunching.

Suggestions?