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From: Steve <DMSR1999@hotmail.com>
Subject: Would someone help a struggling ADA student
Date: 1998/10/02
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Date: 1998-10-02T00:00:00+00:00
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I have to write an ADA program that plays Battleship.  
I have written the basics and it will ramdomly select 
"Hit" locations.  I now must develop a strategy and write
that code.  I would like for the program to be able to "learn"
as it goes.  Our programs will be run against other students in 
the class and our grade will be based on our win-lose record.  
Also, it will be run against the professor's which has never been 
beaten.  Each program will play each other 20,000x.  
I thought of setting up an array and assigning each grid in the 10x10
board a value then changing each value depending on the outcome of 
each shot. Do you have any better suggestions?  How should I go about 
getting the program to "learn" (other's stragedy) as it plays?
Steve