aoc VS AdventOfCode2021FSharp

Full code at GitHub.

Edit: you don't need to determine the type of hand, but you can directly compare the card counts. Second version @GitHub.

New version @GitHub.

So, a new version with a lot less almost-duplicate code @GitHub.

@GitHub

Completed part 2, see GitHub. I couldn't really use the same `DiracDice` class and simply use another `Die`, but had to create a separate `DiracDice2` class.Basically, just keep track of the possible universe state and their counts, and try all possible combinations of die rolls. Keep playing until all universes have a winner.

The rest is the same as my first attempt, but full code at GitHub.

I spent way too much time on this, but I completed my original attempt with the proper object model, see GitHub

I was having a hard time figuring out day 12 of Advent of Code. In the end I gave up and went looking for some solutions. I came across this one and this one. However, I didn't quite understand what they did.

F# solution in Jupyter Notebook. Got some help from this thread.

F# solution in Jupyter Notebook. Part 1 takes 500ms but Part 2 takes 24s. Any suggestions on where performance could be improved would be appreciated!

F# solution in Jupyter Notebook. Thank God for the Haskell programmers! I would not have been able to solve this without peeking at their some of their code. Parsing the input string was just the first of the challenges! I envy those dynamic programming languages with an eval function.

F# solution with Jupyter Notebook. Brute force. I actually solved Part 2 before solving Part 1, unknowingly.

F# with Jupyter Notebook. Learned how to use recursive types today! Half-way through the problem I was starting to wonder whether BITS was going to be the new IntCode.

So this year I'm learning F# and functional programming. I could not figure out a immutable solution. So I went with an imperative, mutable solution and did pretty much a straight port from Red Blob Games including using a PriorityQueue.

F# with Jupyter Notebook.

F# with Jupyter Notebook. Slow but works. I'll probably come back to this day and optimize the solution.

F# in Jupyter Notebook. Decided to go with an infinite sequence (generator pattern) for the steps. This made Part 2 a breeze!