spin your choice. but if i had to choose, definately the first type(block of code does...), and definately not the second type (line x = y).Originally posted by fletch
Should I comment extensively, or can I rely on the judges to be able sort through my alarm clock? If I need to comment, what's the appropriate 'level of commenting?' i.e.
// This block of code does...
-or-
// This line sets x equal to y
fletch
Ohh boy.. I already submited my entry and i dint write even a piece of commewnt in the source..
(my eyes tend to pass over comments anyway)
you can submit an entry as many times as you want. the final entry will be the one excepted. (i'm sure you knew this, but some ofhers might've not)Originally posted by vasanth
Ohh boy.. I already submited my entry and i dint write even a piece of commewnt in the source..
I've submitted my entry. With comments.
fletch
"Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence."
Morris Kline
well yes i knew that..
i've gotten entries from fletch and goose. there are 3 confirmed entries.
//edit: i've managed to compile all the entries and run them correctly (vasanth's with a great bit of difficulty... thank god borland lets people download turbo 2.01)
Last edited by ygfperson; 08-04-2002 at 04:31 PM.
cool cause i ddint know thatOriginally posted by ygfperson
you can submit an entry as many times as you want. the final entry will be the one excepted. (i'm sure you knew this, but some ofhers might've not)
nice to know that all the judges know all the rulesOriginally posted by Klinerr1
cool cause i ddint know that
hello, internet!
it's not like he needed to know that... i'm the one accepting the entries.Originally posted by moi
nice to know that all the judges know all the rules
Though it compiled now.. do i loose points for portability or sometin........
probably yes. your program is only compilable on the borland turbo c 3.x, or borland turbo 2.1 with the change of textmode(C4350) to textmode(C80).Originally posted by vasanth
Though it compiled now.. do i loose points for portability or sometin........
but the important thing is that it compiled, which means we can judge it in the first place.
//edit: checks thread for deadline... finds out he forgot to put it there
it's monday night, dual-catfish, eastern standard time, just fyi. i think it was mentioned on the contest design thread earlier...
Last edited by ygfperson; 08-05-2002 at 10:22 AM.
Do we lose portability points if our application fails to compile on a non standards compliant compiler, or does portability mean just getting it to compile on as many compilers as is possible?
I tested on gcc -ansi (win32 via mingw, and solaris), cc, and lc -ansic (lcc-win32), and figured that this would be considered faily sufficient for portability (assuming I made no errors).
Would it be possible for contestants to be given a specific list of compilers that will be used in testing (and appropriate flags)? It would not be too hard to list the compilers sufficient for broad portability.
This would guaruntee both that the contestants know what is expected, and that the judges use appropriate criteria.
portability means that the program works (important), and that it compiles without error on as many platforms and compilers as possible. i'm not going to expect the programs to compile on anything other than an intel x86 computer.
i'm not going to list compilers used, since the judges have different compilers they use, but ideally it should compile on ms vc++, borland's current modern compiler, and modern versions of gcc (2.95.3 and above).
often people use nonstandard functions (like the conio.h ones) to improve their interface. if a program used conio.h it wouldn't compile on linux machines, which would count in the portability scores.
when will the judging be finished? I saw that today is the deadline
Compilers:
GCC on Red Hat 8.1 (Primary)
GCC on Mac OS X 10.2.4 (Secondary)
Others:
MinGW on XP
