fine, I'll put them on github

6/6.go

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+package main
+
+import "os"
+import "fmt"
+import "strconv"
+
+// go run 6.go N N N N
+
+func main() {
+
+	var banks []int
+	seen := make(map[string]int)
+
+	s := os.Args[1:]
+	for _, element := range s {
+		i, _ := strconv.Atoi(element)
+		banks = append(banks, i)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(banks)
+
+	count := 0
+	first := 0
+	for {
+		count++
+
+		// find largest (lowest indexed wins)
+		largest := 0
+		largestSize := -1
+		for pos, size := range banks {
+			if largestSize < size {
+				largestSize = size
+				largest = pos
+			}
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println(largest, largestSize)
+
+		// redistribute
+		banks[largest] = 0
+		for i := 0; i < largestSize; i++ {
+			largest = (largest + 1) % len(banks)
+			banks[largest]++
+		}
+
+		// laziness..
+		keep := fmt.Sprint(banks)
+
+		fmt.Println(count, keep)
+
+		if seen[keep] == 1 && first == 0 {
+			first = count
+		}
+		if seen[keep] == 2 {
+			fmt.Println("total:", count, "first:", first, "second:", (count - first))
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
+
+		seen[keep]++
+
+	}
+}