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Re: A C program

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On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:15:11 PM UTC, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> writes:
> 
>  
> > Drop out of whatever program you are in now.  If this sort of program
> > stumps you you have no business studying computer science nor software
> > development.
> 
> 
> 
> This strikes me as too harsh.  This is the sort of thing that will
> challenge a freshman (and maybe even a sophomore) the first time they
> see it; he does need to be told to do his own homework (and has been);
> he only needs to change majors if he doesn't get better.
>
You've got to understand argv and argc, you've got to write a routine that
checks a string is a valid binary number, you've got to detect arithmetic
overflow (or, for the class prize, implement an arbitrary-length routine).

It's not that easy to get full marks.

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  Re: A C program James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-23 12:05 -0400
    Re: A C program Rich Webb <bbew.ar@mapson.nozirev.ten> - 2012-10-23 13:07 -0400
    Re: A C program BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-29 21:58 +0000
  Re: A C program Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-10-23 10:46 -0600
  Re: A C program Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-23 13:28 -0700
  Re: A C program tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-10-30 06:28 -0700
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        Re: A C program James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-30 12:57 -0400
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                Re: A C program "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-11-04 23:53 +0000
                Re: A C program Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-11-04 16:09 -0800
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      Re: A C program Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-30 13:02 -0400
    Re: A C program Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-10-30 11:15 -0600
      Re: A C program tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-10-30 10:28 -0700
        Re: A C program Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-10-30 17:42 +0000
          Re: A C program tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-10-30 10:49 -0700
            Re: A C program Greg Martin <greg@softsprocket.com> - 2012-10-30 11:11 -0700
            Re: A C program Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-11-01 18:11 +0000
        Re: A C program "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2012-11-04 16:38 -0500
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