Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   That's the marvel of sudoku: There's only one solution,

> I think it's possible (trivial, even) to create a sudoku puzzle with 
> multiple solutions quite easily.

  I don't think anyone doubts that. In fact, creating a good sudoku with
a unique solution is probably the hard part.

> You have to trust the people generating the 
> puzzles to ensure they're unique. If the creator hasn't done that, then you 
> wind up with a sudoku puzzle with multiple solutions. Whether you still want 
> to call that Sudoku or not (or just call it "like sudoku, but with multiple 
> correct answers") is another question.

  I'd call it a poor sudoku puzzle. :)

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                                                          - Warp

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