Re: [Rails-devel] Implementation details for revenue calculation

[Phil D. <de...@gm...>]

Glad to help with spreading the insidious invasion of my language to
the rest of the world :)

On 29 April 2010 21:04, Stefan Frey <ste...@we...> wrote:
> Phil:
> I was more making fun (of myself) after rereading the rules for the Pullman,
> but it is good to see that others read my proposals carefully ;-)
>
> My suggestion below is more against the spirit of the rules than according to
> it, but thanks for recommending to ask the 18xx yahoo group, which I believe
> is not needed, as I suspect that everyone agrees that it should be part of
> maximization process.
>
> And reading your mail carefully, I learn that the plural of vertex is
> vertices ;-)
> Stefan
>
>>
>> > Pullman: If I understand the 18EU rules correctly, the Pullman is an
>> > exception to the second sentence under 4.4.3: "... must calculate the
>> > maximum possible earnings". 4.4.9., second paragraph defines that "...
>> > doubles the value of any City or Off-Map Location of the President's
>> > choice".
>> > To capture the spirit of the rules and to simplify things the Pullman
>> > will not be part of the maximization process, but the President will be
>> > prompted to select one the city values of the runs.
>>
>> Hmm, not sure I agree, I think this is a case of slightly misleading
>> rules text.  I think that the 3: "... must calculate the maximum
>> possible earnings" is always in force and Pullmans must take account
>> of it.  David Hecht is pretty vocal on the 18XX yahoo list so it's
>> always worth posting the question if we aren't in agreement on this.
>> To make the 'must maximise' work for route calculation I would think
>> that your D approach should work here (I'm beginning to think that
>> with all these virtual vertices, route bonuses etc. that the EU
>> revenue calc might take a little while!)
>>
>> Phil
>>
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