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A programming challenge all up in your face.
TheQuirk:
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worker201:
--- Quote from: TheQuirk ---The point of computer science isn't writing applicable programs. If you open a CS book, you'll find that a lot of what's discussed has very little, if any, application to the real world.
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Programming books, however, are all about the applications. And those are far more common than CS books. In fact, I don't think the local Barnes&Noble actually has any true CS books.
H_TeXMeX_H:
Well, I agree with all that. Except math does have a lot of applications, and the parts that are not applicable are probably incorrect. As for this particular challange, I brought up this issue because I found it to be way too specific (any other arrangement of the objects in the figure would result in a useless program) and I mean I just think that it's just too damn challanging and too little motivation :(
worker201:
But, if Quirk and I manage to get through it, we'll be better programmers.
(actually, he has probably already written it, so it's just me getting better)
TheQuirk:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---Well, I agree with all that. Except math does have a lot of applications, and the parts that are not applicable are probably incorrect. As for this particular challange, I brought up this issue because I found it to be way too specific (any other arrangement of the objects in the figure would result in a useless program) and I mean I just think that it's just too damn challanging and too little motivation :(
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I think you misunderstood the challenge. You are given a random number of circles with random coordinates. The progam's task is to read and parse the data, and then calculate the length of the path.
Anyway, back to the challenge. I wasn't able to get to a scanner today, so I'll just type everything up real quick in LaTeX. Stay tuned.
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