Anonymous user
Talk:Man or boy test: Difference between revisions
→Clarify!
(→Clarify!: You're not helping, either :-)) |
|||
Line 39:
: I should be able to code it in a language that I know (and a language where it's possible to code it) without any other examples on the page. I just don't understand how you can think that and explanation of what the man or boy test is for is an adequate task description. I shout because of absurdity. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 06:30, 28 March 2008 (MDT)
:: I don't think it is an adequate task description. My problem is that I have to understand why *you* don't understand it. Which is difficult, unless you tell me (or unless you understand it yourself, because then you can just say "ah, that's where I had trouble"). Because I just look at the Algol60 program and think "ok, let's do that in a different language". And the task is made in such a way that there isn't really much else to it -- it doesn't really have some "core problem" on it's own, that could be described in words. But that's not my fault. :-) --[[User:Dirkt|Dirkt]] 07:37, 28 March 2008 (MDT)
:::First, stop giving me that little smirk. Second, I don't understand it because there's nothing to understand. I have been trying to help. I can give you direct quotes of me trying to help:
:::*"[The task] needs steps or characteristics at the top of the page"
:::*"Don't hope that people can decode the task from other languages"
:::*"There are no commands in the task description. There are no restrictions."
:::*"What needs to be in a task description are words explaining what to do. What characteristics are in a man or boy test program? How are they arranged?"
:::If these things can't be done then it's a different story. You said there is no "core problem," which would have been a helpful statement when Sgeier first asked for a clarified description. If that is true, then I think it should be at least noted. I don't think it is, though. You also mentioned nested subroutines and variables from different stack frames. If these are required for the task then they should be listed as a task description. I asked before "What characteristics are in a man or boy test program?" Make a list of things that are required and post it. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 08:03, 28 March 2008 (MDT)
=== Copyright issues ===
The fact that this page sprung into being with many language examples at once with code wrapped in <source> blocks makes me worry that the code was transwikied from somewhere like Literate Programs, which would be a copyright violation. Are you certain that you have permission to do this? (Hmm. I was going to point you at a Copyrights page, but I can't seem to find one.) --[[User:IanOsgood|IanOsgood]] 10:35, 18 December 2007 (MST)
| |||