A2S 2

2.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import itertools

def f(a, b, c, d):
    return a*b + b*c + c*d + a*d

greatest = 0
for p in itertools.permutations([1,2,3,4]):
    c = f(*p)
    if c > greatest: 
        greatest = c
print greatest

What is this for? Googling "A2S" gives a malaria thing.

This was a solution for something at a taster day for southampton university. I avoided python hackery for readability, honest!