| Jeff Abrahamson on 22 Oct 2006 14:21:16 -0000 |
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On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 09:22:25PM -0400, Walt Mankowski wrote: > but you're doing too much work. You should really be using > fortune's -m parameter: I don't think I'd ever read the man page for fortune. Its complexity is delightful. It's just enough, not too much, but it requires significant thought to realize that this measure is needed. This would be a nice exam question for a computer science algorithms exam (since our students, at least, don't seem to know much about linux/unix): explain the fortune program's function as understood by the naive; then ask for the additional options and functionality it should support. Hmm, if I weren't teaching an online course, that would surely go on my final this term... -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://jeff.purple.com/> +1 215/837-2287 GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B Attachment:
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