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1 David Evans http://www.cs.virginia.edu/evans CS201j: Engineering Software University of Virginia Computer Science Lecture 23: Snakes Tournament

2 26 November 2002CS 201J Fall 20022 Menu Evaluations Reminder Charge Tournament Remember to pick up the Final on your way out today!

3 26 November 2002CS 201J Fall 20023 Course Pledge You Signed I will provide useful feedback. I realize this is an experimental course and it is important that I let the course staff know what they need to improve the course. I will not wait until the end of the course to make the course staff aware of any problems. I will provide feedback either anonymously (using the course feedback form) or by contacting the course staff directly. I will fill out all course evaluation surveys honestly and thoroughly.

4 26 November 2002CS 201J Fall 20024 Two Surveys Required Official SEAS Survey –You receive email about it –Will help determine whether class is offered again ESC/Java Annotations Exercise –Takes no more than 1 hour –Download from links on course web site (available by Monday) –Not anonymous, not graded, but you must do it! –Before Dec 12 th, must either: do it, or send me email promising to do it before January 10 th.

5 26 November 2002CS 201J Fall 20025 Charge Change the World!

6 26 November 2002CS 201J Fall 20026 Small, Simple Programs that Changed the World VisiCalc (Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston) WorldWideWeb (Tim Berners-Lee) Tetris (Alexey Pazhitnov) Napster (Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker) eBay (P. Omidyar) ? (CS201J Student) Altair BASIC (Bill Gates and Paul Allen) Smalltalk (Adele Goldberg, Alan Kay, Dan Ignalls)

7 Lawn Lighting: 7pm tonight Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

8 26 November 2002CS 201J Fall 20028 Snakes Tournament Each match has 2 competitors and 1 referee Referee is responsible for starting the server, starting the game when both competitors are ready, and recording the result (including points total) Rounds of pool play Top team in each pool advances to semi-finals and best second place team (overall points/game) Semi-finals and Finals: on big screen –Best of 3

9 26 November 2002CS 201J Fall 20029 Tournament Prizes Human Driven Winner –The Sims Autonomous Winner –Ball Python snake and terrarium –Java snakes are not a good abstraction for real snakes – read the “Reptile Keeper’s Guide” carefully

10 26 November 2002CS 201J Fall 200210 Any Questions?


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