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Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed

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On 03-03-2011 02:59, N.N. Thayer wrote:
> On Mar 2, 4:51 pm, Pedro Timóteo<pe...@dehumanizer.com>  wrote:
>> I didn't look at the code, but what about asking for a keypress after
>> the computer hits, and then doing a RANDOMISE afterwards? It'll reset
>> the random number generator each time. It makes the program less user
>> friendly, though.
>
> It makes technical sense, but yeah, it would kinda ruin the automation
> of the computer playing its own hand.

OK, then you can go for a lesser version: RANDOMISE after the player 
makes any decision. Since the computer is already waiting for the player 
anyway (and thus generating a "random" number of seconds since the 
computer was turned on, each time)...

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Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed Pedro Timóteo <pedro@dehumanizer.com> - 2011-03-02 22:51 +0000
  Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-02 18:59 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2011-03-03 03:20 +0000
      Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 03:06 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 05:42 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-08 13:58 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed Pedro Timóteo <pedro@dehumanizer.com> - 2011-03-03 14:30 +0000
      Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "dott.Piergiorgio" <dott.PiergiorgioNIHON@KAIGUN.fastwebnet.it> - 2011-03-04 02:30 +0100

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