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Added MiniScript port of 64_Nicomachus
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Original source downloaded from [Vintage Basic](http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html).
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Conversion to [MiniScript](https://miniscript.org).
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// Nicomachus
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// originally by David Ahl
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// Ported from BASIC to MiniScript by Joe Strout, 2023
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print " "*33 + "NICOMA"
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print " "*15 + "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY"
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print; print; print
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print "Boomerang puzzle from Arithmetica of Nicomachus -- A.D. 90!"
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// Get a yes/no (or at least y/n) response from the user.
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askYesNo = function(prompt)
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while true
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answer = input(prompt)
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a1 = answer.lower[:1]
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if a1 == "y" or a1 == "n" then return a1
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print "Eh? I don't understand '" + answer + "' Try 'yes' or 'no'."
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end while
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end function
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doOne = function
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print
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print "Please think of a number between 1 and 100."
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A = input("Your number divided by 3 has a remainder of: ").val
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B = input("Your number divided by 5 has a remainder of: ").val
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C = input("Your number divided by 7 has a remainder of: ").val
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print
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print "Let me think a moment..."
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print
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wait 1.5
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D = 70*A + 21*B + 15*C
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D = D % 105 // gets the remainder after dividing by 105
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yesNo = askYesNo("Your number was " + D + ", right? ")
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if yesNo == "y" then
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print "How about that!"
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else
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print "I feel your arithmetic is in error."
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end if
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end function
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// Main loop -- press Control-C to break
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while true
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doOne
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print
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print "Let's try another."
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end while
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