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From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: Would someone help a struggling ADA student
Date: 1998/10/06
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In article <6vatvr$329$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  dewarr@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> If indeed this is an algorithms or AI course (the only types of course for
> which an assignment like this would be appropriate), then I see no reason to
> force students to write in a particular language, since in that context,
> language is secondary.

...except that the programs have to be linked together to play each other. I
suppose that could be done with pipes or shared memory or something, but the
easiest way would be to compile and link them into one exectuable. In that
case it would be easiest on all concerned if it were done in one langauge.

This sounds an awful lot like my final AI assignment. The game was a sort of
hide-and-seek variant, but otherwise its the same assignment. Of course since
the implementation language was Lisp, just getting a somewhat working program
earned you a "C". :-)

Personally I see nothing wrong with professors requiring a certain language
to be used in courses, as long as its not always the same langauge for every
class. I'm very glad I had to learn lisp, because it opened me up to new ways
of thinking about algorithms. Concurrent C was an eye-opener too.

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T.E.D.

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