mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard) (09/17/88)
From article <856@yunexus.UUCP>, by peter@yunexus.UUCP (Peter Roosen-Runge): > I am looking for the titles and authors of two introductory programming > texts, written, I believe, in the early 80s, both of which had the theme > of developing programs to control a simple "robot". I don't remember the author of the Karel book. But I do remember the two bizarre guys in my freshman dorm at CMU who were so taken with Karel that they spent a month making three right turns when they wanted to make a left down a hallway:-) [Karel is a simulated robot in a two-d universe. It was deliberately designed to have a minimal amount of primatives. Specifically: turn-right, move, pick-up-beeper, put-down-beeper, check-for-beeper and I think that's it. Some people got really into it and spent hours writing Karel programs to play tic-tac-toe, do long division, etc. Ah well, freshman nerds lack a certain "polish".] -- void *Wayne_Mesard(); MESARD@BBN.COM BBN, Cambridge, MA
erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) (09/19/88)
In article <29753@bbn.COM>, mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard) writes: | From article <856@yunexus.UUCP>, by peter@yunexus.UUCP (Peter Roosen-Runge): | > I am looking for the titles and authors of two introductory programming | > texts, written, I believe, in the early 80s, both of which had the theme | > of developing programs to control a simple "robot". | | I don't remember the author of the Karel book. But I do remember the | two bizarre guys in my freshman dorm at CMU who were so taken with Karel | that they spent a month making three right turns when they wanted to | make a left down a hallway:-) I'm looking for this as well. A cosc prof of mine suggested the book to anyone interested in programming, whatever their level of education. -- Skate Unix or die, boogie boy.... J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007 ..!bellcore!tness1!/
jeff@stormy.atmos.washington.edu (Jeff Bowden) (09/19/88)
In article <336@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: >In article <29753@bbn.COM>, mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard) writes: >| From article <856@yunexus.UUCP>, by peter@yunexus.UUCP (Peter Roosen-Runge): >| > I am looking for the titles and authors of two introductory programming >| > texts, written, I believe, in the early 80s, both of which had the theme >| > of developing programs to control a simple "robot". >| >| I don't remember the author of the Karel book. But I do remember the >| two bizarre guys in my freshman dorm at CMU who were so taken with Karel >| that they spent a month making three right turns when they wanted to >| make a left down a hallway:-) > > >I'm looking for this as well. A cosc prof of mine suggested the book >to anyone interested in programming, whatever their level of education. I believe the author to this book is Richard E. Pattis, a C Sci professor at this school (University of Washington). hmmm, let's see... % finger pattis@june.cs.washington.edu [june.cs.washington.edu] Login name: pattis In real life: Richard Pattis Directory: /u2/pattis Shell: /bin/csh Group: faculty Yep, he's here.