diff options
| author | Amir Saeid <amir@glgdgt.com> | 2026-02-18 21:25:00 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Amir Saeid <amir@glgdgt.com> | 2026-02-18 21:25:00 +0000 |
| commit | 32e0e105f663ace08896f22ab4079521070b0cac (patch) | |
| tree | a40cad3ef73d76241f285d263c2574cf1e80c8d6 /public/post/simple-fair-and-terminating-backtracking-monad-transformer/index.html | |
| parent | 3e3b3596b4e0d720c68a2d3a3538055dae41a694 (diff) | |
Change the theme and add a new post
Diffstat (limited to 'public/post/simple-fair-and-terminating-backtracking-monad-transformer/index.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | public/post/simple-fair-and-terminating-backtracking-monad-transformer/index.html | 258 |
1 files changed, 258 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/public/post/simple-fair-and-terminating-backtracking-monad-transformer/index.html b/public/post/simple-fair-and-terminating-backtracking-monad-transformer/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40a74a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/post/simple-fair-and-terminating-backtracking-monad-transformer/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,258 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> +<head><script src="/livereload.js?mindelay=10&v=2&port=1313&path=livereload" data-no-instant defer></script> + + <title>Simple Fair and Terminating Backtracking Monad Transformer :: </title> + + <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> +<meta name="description" content="About eight years ago as part of an interview process I was given a take home code challenge. Considering how much it’s changed in the tech world and the fact that company is no longer hirigin I feel comfortable sharing the details of the challenge. +You run a paint shop, and there are a few different colors of paint you can prepare. Each color can be either “gloss” or “matte”. You have a number of customers, and each have some colors they like, either gloss or matte. No customer will like more than one color in matte You want to mix the colors, so that: +" /> +<meta name="keywords" content="" /> + + <meta name="robots" content="noodp" /> + +<link rel="canonical" href="http://localhost:1313/post/simple-fair-and-terminating-backtracking-monad-transformer/" /> + + + + + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/buttons.min.86f6b4c106b6c6eb690ae5203d36b442c1f66f718ff4e8164fa86cf6c61ad641.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/code.min.d529ea4b2fb8d34328d7d31afc5466d5f7bc2f0bc9abdd98b69385335d7baee4.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/fonts.min.5bb7ed13e1d00d8ff39ea84af26737007eb5051b157b86fc24487c94f3dc8bbe.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/footer.min.eb8dfc2c6a7eafa36cd3ba92d63e69e849e2200e0002a228d137f236b09ecd75.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/gist.min.a751e8b0abe1ba8bc53ced52a38b19d8950fe78ca29454ea8c2595cf26aad5c0.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/header.min.75c7eb0e2872d95ff48109c6647d0223a38db52e2561dd87966eb5fc7c6bdac6.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/main.min.36833afd348409fc6c3d09d0897c5833d9d5bf1ff31f5e60ea3ee42ce2b1268c.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/menu.min.3c17467ebeb3d38663dce68f71f519901124fa5cbb4519b2fb0667a21e9aca39.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/pagination.min.bbb986dbce00a5ce5aca0504b7925fc1c581992a4bf57f163e5d69cc1db7d836.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/post.min.e6dddd258e64c83e05cec0cd49c05216742d42fc8ecbfbe6b67083412b609bd3.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/syntax.min.a0773cce9310cb6d8ed23e50f005448facf29a53001b57e038828daa466b25c0.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/terminal.min.e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855.css"> + + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:1313/css/terms.min.b81791663c3790e738e571cdbf802312390d30e4b1d8dc9d814a5b5454d0ac11.css"> + + + + + + + +<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://localhost:1313/favicon.png"> +<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="http://localhost:1313/apple-touch-icon.png"> + + +<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" /> + + + +<meta property="og:locale" content="en" /> +<meta property="og:type" content="article" /> +<meta property="og:title" content="Simple Fair and Terminating Backtracking Monad Transformer"> +<meta property="og:description" content="About eight years ago as part of an interview process I was given a take home code challenge. Considering how much it’s changed in the tech world and the fact that company is no longer hirigin I feel comfortable sharing the details of the challenge. +You run a paint shop, and there are a few different colors of paint you can prepare. Each color can be either “gloss” or “matte”. You have a number of customers, and each have some colors they like, either gloss or matte. No customer will like more than one color in matte You want to mix the colors, so that: +" /> +<meta property="og:url" content="http://localhost:1313/post/simple-fair-and-terminating-backtracking-monad-transformer/" /> +<meta property="og:site_name" content="" /> + + <meta property="og:image" content="http://localhost:1313/og-image.png"> + +<meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> +<meta property="og:image:height" content="627"> + + + <meta property="article:published_time" content="2026-02-16 20:26:32 +0000 UTC" /> + + + + + + + + + + + + +</head> +<body> + + +<div class="container center"> + + <header class="header"> + <div class="header__inner"> + <div class="header__logo"> + <a href="http://localhost:1313/"> + <div class="logo"> + Terminal + </div> +</a> + + </div> + + + </div> + +</header> + + + <div class="content"> + +<article class="post"> + <h1 class="post-title"> + <a href="http://localhost:1313/post/simple-fair-and-terminating-backtracking-monad-transformer/">Simple Fair and Terminating Backtracking Monad Transformer</a> + </h1> + <div class="post-meta"><time class="post-date">2026-02-16</time></div> + + + + + + + + <div class="post-content"><div> + <p>About eight years ago as part of an interview process I was given a take home code challenge. Considering how much it’s changed in the tech world and the fact that company is no longer hirigin I feel comfortable sharing the details of the challenge.</p> +<blockquote> +<p>You run a paint shop, and there are a few different colors of paint you can prepare. Each color can be either “gloss” or “matte”. +You have a number of customers, and each have some colors they like, either gloss or matte. No customer will like more than one color in matte +You want to mix the colors, so that:</p> +<ul> +<li>There is just one batch for each color, and it’s either gloss or matte.</li> +<li>For each customer, there is at least one color they like.</li> +<li>You make as few mattes as possible (because they are more expensive). +Your program should accept an input file as a command line argument, and print a result to standard out. An example input file is:</li> +</ul> +<p>5 <!-- raw HTML omitted --><br> +1 M 3 G 5 G <!-- raw HTML omitted --><br> +2 G 3 M 4 G <!-- raw HTML omitted --><br> +5 M <!-- raw HTML omitted --></p> +<p>The first line specifies how many colors there are.</p> +<p>Each subsequent line describes a customer. For example, the first customer likes color 1 in matte, color 3 in gloss and color 5 in gloss.</p> +<p>Your program should read an input file like this, and print out either that it is impossible to satisfy all the customer, or describe, for each of the colors, whether it should be made gloss or matte.</p> +<p>The output for the above file should be:</p> +<p>G G G G M</p> +</blockquote> +<pre tabindex="0"><code class="language-sbt" data-lang="sbt">resolvers += Resolver.sonatypeCentralSnapshots +libraryDependencies += "com.codiff" %% "fairstream" % "0.0-9f9db42-SNAPSHOT" +</code></pre><div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-scala" data-lang="scala"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">import</span> <span class="nn">com.codiff.fairstream.Fair._</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">sealed</span> <span class="k">trait</span> <span class="nc">Finish</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">final</span> <span class="k">case</span> <span class="k">object</span> <span class="nc">Gloss</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nc">Finish</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">final</span> <span class="k">case</span> <span class="k">object</span> <span class="nc">Matte</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nc">Finish</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">final</span> <span class="k">case</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Color</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Int</span><span class="o">)</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">final</span> <span class="k">case</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Paint</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">color</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Color</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">finish</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Finish</span><span class="o">)</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="k">def</span> <span class="n">solve</span><span class="o">(</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="n">numColors</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Int</span><span class="o">,</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="n">customers</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">List</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="kt">List</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="kt">Paint</span><span class="o">]]</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="o">)</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Option</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="kt">Vector</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="kt">Finish</span><span class="o">]]</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="o">{</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="n">go</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">color</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Int</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">assignment</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Vector</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="kt">Finish</span><span class="o">])</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Fair</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="kt">Vector</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="kt">Finish</span><span class="o">]]</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="o">{</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="c1">// Prune early: if any customer's preferences are all decided and none match +</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="k">val</span> <span class="n">dominated</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="n">customers</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exists</span> <span class="o">{</span> <span class="n">prefs</span> <span class="k">=></span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="n">prefs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">nonEmpty</span> <span class="o">&&</span> <span class="n">prefs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">forall</span> <span class="o">{</span> <span class="n">p</span> <span class="k">=></span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="n">p</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">color</span> <span class="o"><=</span> <span class="n">assignment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">length</span> <span class="o">&&</span> <span class="n">assignment</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">color</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="n">p</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">finish</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="o">}</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="o">}</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">dominated</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="n">empty</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">color</span> <span class="o">></span> <span class="n">numColors</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="n">unit</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">assignment</span><span class="o">)</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="k">else</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="n">mplus</span><span class="o">(</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="n">go</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">color</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">assignment</span> <span class="k">:</span><span class="kt">+</span> <span class="kt">Gloss</span><span class="o">),</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="n">go</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">color</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">assignment</span> <span class="k">:</span><span class="kt">+</span> <span class="kt">Matte</span><span class="o">)</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="o">)</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="o">}</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="c1">// Enumerate all valid assignments, pick the one with fewest mattes +</span></span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="k">val</span> <span class="n">solutions</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="nc">Fair</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">runM</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nc">None</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nc">None</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">go</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nc">Vector</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">empty</span><span class="o">))</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"> <span class="n">solutions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">minByOption</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="k">_</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">count</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="k">_</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="nc">Matte</span><span class="o">))</span> +</span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="o">}</span> +</span></span></code></pre></div> + </div></div> + + + +<div class="pagination"> + <div class="pagination__title"> + <span class="pagination__title-h"></span> + <hr /> + </div> + <div class="pagination__buttons"> + + + + <a href="http://localhost:1313/post/2018-09-11-shapeless/" class="button inline next"> + [<span class="button__text">Shapeless</span>] > + </a> + + </div> +</div> + + + + + + + + +</article> + + </div> + + + <footer class="footer"> + <div class="footer__inner"> + + <div class="copyright"> + <span>© 2026 Powered by <a href="https://gohugo.io">Hugo</a></span> + + <span>:: <a href="https://github.com/panr/hugo-theme-terminal" target="_blank">Theme</a> made by <a href="https://github.com/panr" target="_blank">panr</a></span> + </div> + </div> +</footer> + + + + + + +<script type="text/javascript" src="/bundle.min.js"></script> + + + + + + +</div> + +</body> +</html> |