But before the kids could use general strategies, they had to work out the detai...

		yshklarov on Jan 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The "Clockwise/Spiral Rule" in C But before the kids could use general strategies, they had to work out the details. You're right, the spiral rule is probably unwieldy in practice. But until a programmer can recognize the patterns, the rule can be used as a learning aid.