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still require a cognitive effort that is still not easily
automated. In other words, notwithstanding their toy
size, they are a useful educational playground to prac-
tice problem solving and computational thinking.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
M. Lodi’s work has been supported by the Spoke 1
“FutureHPC & BigData” of the Italian Research Cen-
ter on High-Performance Computing, Big Data and
Quantum Computing (ICSC) funded by MUR Mis-
sione 4 Componente 2 Investimento 1.4: Potenzia-
mento strutture di ricerca e creazione di “campioni
nazionali di R&S (M4C2-19)” — Next Generation
EU (NGEU).
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