func perfect_shuffle(deck) {
deck/2 -> zip.flat
}
[8, 24, 52, 100, 1020, 1024, 10000].each { |size|
var deck = @(1..size)
var shuffled = deck
var n = (1..Inf -> lazy.first {
(shuffled = perfect_shuffle(shuffled)) == deck
})
printf("%5d cards: %4d\n", size, n)
}
8 cards: 3
24 cards: 11
52 cards: 8
100 cards: 30
1020 cards: 1018
1024 cards: 10
10000 cards: 300