It is in a way doable,
What about some game where when, being limited by timer, you type words
on the keyboard and get some questions to answer. The software would
have to "understand" the meaning and try to give you tougher but
relative question each time? Maybe using some RDBMS for that in
conjunction with PHP-GTK for the active interface?
That's an idea, no?
I had to make a puzzle game in PHP once, was painful enough that I still
enjoy playing that game myself ;-)
Sincerely,
Maxim Maletsky
Founder, Chief Developer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PHPBeginner.com (Where PHP Begins)
www.phpbeginner.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Towell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:39 AM
> To: Visontay Peter; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP @ 24-hour programming competition
>
> Firstly, since you can take in already written code, if you have a lot
of
> pre-written generic code, that would be good.
>
> > We're really interested in your opinions - is this feasible or
> > are we just plain mad? :)
>
> You've probably both - aren't all programmer mad? <g>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 2:45 AM
> To: Visontay Peter; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP @ 24-hour programming competition
>
>
> This sounds interesting... I am not familiar enought with PHP-GTK to
give an
> informed opinion. I think your decision should be based on how
familiar
> with the tools you take into the contest. Since you are not face
with a
> lot of time, will your competition be using Visual IDEs to aid the
rapid
> development?
>
> You may wnat to post to one of the php-gtk-* lists. They may be able
to
> address your needs in more detail.
>
> Good luck!!
>
>
>
> If you choose to use PHP, please post the results of the contest to
the
> list. It should be interesting.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Visontay Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 7:43 PM
> Subject: [PHP] PHP @ 24-hour programming competition
>
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have quite an unusual problem for you :) There will be a 24-hour
> > programming competition at our university, where teams of 3 have one
> > day to solve a complex problem (which will be revealed on the day
> > of the competition). Teams cannot get help from "outside", so no
outward
> > network / phone communication is available, but you can use anything
you
> > take there with you (any development tools, books, pre-written
software
> > etc.)
> >
> > The language in which you write the software is up to you, the most
> > popular choices being C++ and Java - but this year our team are
going
> > to use PHP (and PHP-GTK).
> >
> > The big question is: will PHP be enough for the whole project, or
will
> > we need something else (like external C/Java modules)?
> > Last year the task was to write an artificially intelligent soccer
game
> > based on a client-server architecture: there was a server acting
like
> > some kind of game controller (referee) and 2D display screen, while
> > the automated clients (players) were playing individually according
> > to the game's rules and some simulated information on what they
'see'
> > at the time.
> >
> > It's said that it will be something quite different this year -
> > but required knowledge includes:
> > algorithm theory, information and code theory, artificial
intelligence,
> > queuing, databases, client-server architectures, computer networks,
> > control theory, 2D graphic programming and software ergonomy.
> > All this in 24 hours - nice, eh? :)
> >
> > So the question again - are there any parts of all this where you
think
> > PHP will not be enough? (Apart from the graphics, for which we'll
use
> > PHP-GTK). If so, what kind of outside module integration do you
> > recommend for us?
> > Also, which PHP sites / resources / code libraries do you think we
should
> > (recursively) download which might help us a lot? (Apart from
php.net,
> > of course.)
> >
> > We're really interested in your opinions - is this feasible or
> > are we just plain mad? :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Peter Visontay
> > http://prodigycenter.com/cv/
> >
> >
> >
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