MLK> Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> (2) What's the best Ruby way to do a sum from 1 to 1_000_000
>> 
>> MLK> Gauss's method:
>> MLK> def triangular(n)
>> MLK>   (n + 1) * n / 2
>> MLK> end
>> 
>> Ugh ... you _know_ that is not what I meant!

MLK> Why not?  You'd rather do that iteratively?  What kind of masochist are
MLK> you?  

Next time I'll be more of a masochist and lay out a more arbitrary set
of criteria so that the focus of what I am trying to understand moves
elsewhere.