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- From: dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu (Lawrence R. Dodd)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
- Subject: Re: WANTED URGENTLY!!PLEASE!!
- Date: 21 Dec 92 08:48:11
- Organization: Dept of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Univ, NY, USA
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- In-reply-to: mac@cis.ksu.edu's message of 20 Dec 92 15:26:26 GMT
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- >>>>> "Myron" == Myron A. Calhoun <mac@cis.ksu.edu> writes:
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- >My sister is doing a Fortran77 project on the game Othello. Our command
- >of the Fortran language is not powerful enough to write a good program.
- >Since this project will take up 50% of her final examinations, she is
- >very worried right now. Can anyone send a sample of the algorithm to
- >rescue her? Please send to either ....
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- Myron> I'm bothered by this request, but maybe I just don't understand.
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- I think you understand all too well.
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- Myron> If this were the situation, I don't understand why the URGENT
- Myron> request for an algorithm for the game of Othello.
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- It's probably `URGENT' because she didn't start on it until it was too late.
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- I laugh whenever I see postings like the original. It is equivalent to
- someone in English Literature posting a request for a term paper.
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