From: mcc@tyrolia.cs.princeton.edu (Martin C. Carlisle)
Subject: Re: Would someone help a struggling ADA student
Date: 1998/10/16
Date: 1998-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <707i84$5o7$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wccr9w9usz7.fsf@world.std.com
In article <wccr9w9usz7.fsf@world.std.com>,
Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
>mcc@tyrolia.cs.princeton.edu (Martin C. Carlisle) writes:
>> 2) We provide an interface that your move procedure must follow (board is
>> in parameter, move is out parameter). We then cut and paste their
>> procedures into a tournament program. If you raise an unhandled exception,
>> the tournament code catches it and you lose!
>But if everything's in the same address space, one can cheat.
>In-parameter, shmim-parameter. ;-) We all know how to evilly write
>upon 'in' parameters. The question is, does that earn an 'A' for
>cleverness, or an 'F' for cheating? ;-) ;-)
Gee, I never thought about that. If someone from my 110 class actually
managed to manipulate the address space, I'd probably be dead from a heart
attack before I ever had to think about what grade to give them.
We do actually read their code though, so I imagine we'd give them an 'A'
sign them up for the major, and pull their program out of the tournament.
--Martin
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-02 0:00 Would someone help a struggling ADA student Steve
1998-10-05 0:00 ` Do-While Jones
1998-10-05 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-10-06 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1998-10-06 0:00 ` Martin C. Carlisle
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Martin C. Carlisle [this message]
1998-10-07 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-06 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-10-07 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-17 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1998-10-05 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-10-08 0:00 Steve
1998-10-08 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-08 0:00 Steve
1998-10-18 0:00 Steve
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
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