#!/usr/bin/ruby # -*- mode: ruby -*- # $Id: ackermann-ruby.code,v 1.4 2004/11/13 07:40:41 bfulgham Exp $ # http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/ def ack(m, n) if m == 0 then n + 1 elsif n == 0 then ack(m - 1, 1) else ack(m - 1, ack(m, n - 1)) end end NUM = 9 ack(3, NUM)