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Chad R. Meiners wrote:
> I believe he was stating that sometimes it is valid
 > to rewrite requirements given known constraints
> of the problem.

Well, in this particular case, it's the professor looking
at the program and giving you a failing grade for having
a fixed limit when explictly told not to do that.