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Subject: Re: How to build the *weakest* program

Author: Bo Persson

Date: 10:30:55 08/21/02

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On August 20, 2002 at 16:08:47, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>On August 20, 2002 at 15:32:21, Bo Persson wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>That is easy, I have this foolproof version:
>>
>>int main()
>>{
>>   printf("I resign. Congratulations!\n");
>>
>>   return 0;
>>}
>>
>>
>>Can you find a losing strategy against this?  :-)
>>
>>
>>Bo Persson
>>bop2@telia.com
>
>In function `main':
>warning: implicit declaration of function `printf'
>
>Loses even before you compile your engine. :)
>
>Sargon

Well, I didn't want to reveal all of my program until after the WCCC, so I have
kept the includes secret!


I am sure someone could show up, insult the TD, and be kicked out before the
game even started. That could give me an accidental point.

It's hard to be foolproof, because fools are so inventive.


Bo Persson
bop2@telia.com



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