#!/usr/bin/env newlisp (constant 'NUM 8) (define (intersects? q1 q2) (or (= (q1 0) (q2 0)) (= (q1 1) (q2 1)) (= (abs (- (q1 0) (q2 0))) (abs (- (q1 1) (q2 1)))))) (define (variant? alist) (set 'logic nil) (cond ((= (length alist) 1) true) ((> (length alist) 1) (while (> (length alist) 1) (set 'q (pop alist -1)) (dolist (el alist) (push (intersects? (list q (inc (length alist))) (list el (+ 1 $idx))) logic -1))) (not (apply or logic))))) (define (fork-by-line alist) (let (res '()) (dolist (i (sequence 1 NUM)) (set 'tmp alist) (push i tmp -1) (setf res (push tmp res -1))) res)) (define (find-variants num) (let (res '()) (cond ((< num 1) (begin (println "num < 1") (exit))) ((= num 1) (dolist (i (sequence 1 NUM)) (push (list i) res -1))) ((> num 1) (dolist (v (find-variants (dec num))) (set 'passed (filter variant? (fork-by-line v))) (if (not (empty? passed)) (extend res passed))))) res)) (set 'solutions (find-variants NUM)) (println (length solutions)) ;;(exit)