Goto 10: Retro Computing & Gaming

Goto 10: Retro Computing & Gaming

The 8 Queens Problem

With Pascal, Fortran and Lisp solutions

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Sep 15, 2023
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The 8 Queens Problem

The 8 Queens Problem is a common challenge given to first year computer science students.

On a chessboard (which is an 8x8 grid) there are a finite number of ways that 8 queens can be placed. If you…

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