Re: hangman

Re: hangman

[Dale Pontius]

In article <$fCmKC5YR$Am@eisner.decus.org>,
        Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) writes:
> In article <94k63s$s65$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> writes:
>> In article <3A6D9013.B98355E@bton.ac.uk>,
>>   John English <je@bton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> sc297 wrote:
>>> > help we gotta do a program for hangman.we think we are on the right
>>> > track but have no idea what it should look like.our one is
>>>
>>> Anyone who feels impelled to reply to this had better hurry, it's
>>> due to be handed in on Friday afternoon... :-)
>>
>> I was wondering. It seems like it was months ago that we got our first
>> request for help with that assignment. :-)
>
> Perhaps all assignments world-wide should be announced on the internet
> in advance so those of us drawn to the comp.arch style of dealing with

There was a wonderful new on on comp.arch in the past few weeks.
Someone asked an obviously-homework question to the tune of 'What
is an interrupt mask?' Aside from the usual raft of humor, someone
gave a perfectly factual, but totally useless answer. It went way
back to the old IBM 360 days, both archaic and platform specific.

Dale Pontius
NOT speaking for IBM