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From: hiebeler@cs.rpi.edu (Dave Hiebeler)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Class Use of Corewars
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Date: 2 Mar 90 22:38:37 GMT
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Organization: RPI CS Dept, and LANL Center for Nonlinear Studies
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In article <6709@cps3xx.UUCP> reid@cpswh.cps.msu.edu (Dr Richard J. Reid) writes:

> Have you used Corewars (Scientific American thread) or
> anything like it in your classes?  That is, a competition
> among the students where their programs compete one-on-one.

  There was another program called "C-bots" where you write C programs
that control little "robots" moving around in 2 dimensions (so you can
watch them on the screen).  (By "robots" I don't mean physical robots,
just simulated robots).  You write your program to control movement of
these robots, and monitor their sensors; the objective is to have your
robot "kill" (by shooting at) other robots moving around.

  I think it would be pretty fun for students just learning C, to
write these C-bots and have a competition to see the different
strategies they can come up with..  I think you can have up to 4 of
these things competing at once.

  I have the address of the guy who wrote C-bots somewhere around
here; if anyone is interested, I can go dig it out.  (C-bots runs on
IBM PCs/XTs/ATs/clones etc).

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