Added some status-update output to surreal number breeding program. Given the

long runtimes, it's useful to see how far the program has progressed.

diff --git a/chapter-1-experiments/ch1-breeding-numbers.go b/chapter-1-experiments/ch1-breeding-numbers.go
index 9e9e637..fd1901f 100644 (file)
--- a/chapter-1-experiments/ch1-breeding-numbers.go
+++ b/chapter-1-experiments/ch1-breeding-numbers.go
@@ -221,11 +221,17 @@ func main() {
     // Seed it by hand with the number zero as generation-0.
     var universe surrealUniverse
     universe.nextUniqueID = 0
     // Seed it by hand with the number zero as generation-0.
     var universe surrealUniverse
     universe.nextUniqueID = 0

+    fmt.Println("Seeding generation 0 by hand.")

     universe.insert(surrealNumber{surrealSet{}, surrealSet{}, 0, 0})
 
     // Breed however many generations of numbers were requested by the user and
     // add them all to the universe.
     universe.insert(surrealNumber{surrealSet{}, surrealSet{}, 0, 0})
 
     // Breed however many generations of numbers were requested by the user and
     // add them all to the universe.

+    fmt.Printf("Breeding Generation:")

     for generation := 1; generation <= remainingGenerations; generation++ {
     for generation := 1; generation <= remainingGenerations; generation++ {

+        if generation != 1 {
+            fmt.Printf(",")
+        }
+        fmt.Printf(" %d", generation)

         // First generate all possible reduced form symbols per Axiom 1.
         potentialNumbers := permuteExistingNumbers(generation, universe)
         // Now prune out any symbols which are NOT valid numbers per Axiom 2.
         // First generate all possible reduced form symbols per Axiom 1.
         potentialNumbers := permuteExistingNumbers(generation, universe)
         // Now prune out any symbols which are NOT valid numbers per Axiom 2.


@@ -234,6 +240,7 @@ func main() {
         // be weeded out in the attempt.
         addNumbersToUniverse(validNumbers, &universe)
     }
         // be weeded out in the attempt.
         addNumbersToUniverse(validNumbers, &universe)
     }

+    fmt.Printf(".\n")

 
     // Print the number line with generation on the horizontal axis and
     // magnitude on the vertical axis.
 
     // Print the number line with generation on the horizontal axis and
     // magnitude on the vertical axis.