[EM] simplcity of range v condorcet

Paul Kislanko kislanko at airmail.net
Sat Aug 13 17:13:08 PDT 2005


"Shortest computer program" is not a criterion that any voter would care
about. 

"Rules for voters" and "specification for counting programs" are two
different things.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: election-methods-electorama.com-bounces at electorama.com 
> [mailto:election-methods-electorama.com-bounces at electorama.com
> ] On Behalf Of Warren Smith
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:58 PM
> To: election-methods-electorama.com at electorama.com
> Subject: [EM] simplcity of range v condorcet
> 
> It was recently claimed on EM that condorcet had "simpler rules" than
> range.  I dispute that.  I challenge people to write computer
> programs to perform condorcet and range elections.   I have so
> far never encountered anybody who produced a shorter program 
> for condorcet.
> Not even close.
> 
> For any condorcet method whatever, but espcially for some of the
> fancier ones.
> wds
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