From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID
	autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 103376,13717fdb90d942
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Would someone help a struggling ADA student
Date: 1998/10/16
Message-ID: <wccr9w9usz7.fsf@world.std.com>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 401598287
Sender: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
References: <6v3c4q$890$1@news.campus.mci.net>
 <6vatvr$329$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6vd963$m9s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
 <wccvhlx9yrg.fsf@world.std.com> <6ve4sp$2qi$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Date: 1998-10-16T00:00:00+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

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?  ;-) ;-)

- Bob
-- 
Change robert to bob to get my real email address.  Sorry.