Eugene van der Pijll wrote: > We probably need two programs: one for the arbiter, and one for the > golfers. The routines that they have in common can be put into a module, > but I'm not sure if that is the right thing to do. Installing a module > can be a problem, especially for beginners.
Jerome Quelin wrote: > I think the arbiter program could (should?) be a module, but not > the "client" part. Agreed. We should make things as easy as possible for the "customer". No modules to install. Just download and run the test program. I also feel it essential to support at least Windows (both NT and 95/98) and Unix clients. Eugene van der Pijll wrote: > Perhaps the participants' program would write out the entries > in the correct format, to be sent to the arbiter. I think a client program to email the entry to the referee in a standard format (similar to the CPAN testers script at: http://testers.cpan.org/cpantest to send in a test result) may prove handy but perhaps best as an optional separate program. The goal is to make it as easy as possible to compete. I guess some sort of Web submission form is another optional extra here. Eugene van der Pijll wrote: > I think your script is a good start, and I think I will use it > or something like it at the next match. I have also played a little with Jerome's script; it looks like a good start. It seemed to work nicely on Linux but not on Windows (not that I tried very hard). It took me a while to get it going, because I had to first install the following CPAN modules: MailTools (Mail::Util) Date::Manip DB_File OK, I should have had these installed already (too much time playing golf;-). MailTools seems essential. But do we really need DB_File? Maybe a simple text file database is sufficient? An important check for me was to verify that the score claimed by the player matched the score reported when I ran their entry against the test program. Forgive me if I missed it, but I did not notice a such a check in Jerome's script. /-\ndrew
