[Cs4800] Fwd: Questions

[Karl Lieberherr]

Hi Matthew:

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Matthew Strax-Haber
<straxhaber at gmail.com>wrote:

> Re the avatar assignment.
>
> 1) can we retain state between multiple 'turns' for our avatar?
>
Yes. Your avatar "sleeps" on the CCIS machine between turns and you can
retain state. You can also precompute knowledge before the tournament
starts.

> 2) are there any caps on memory usage, or does it just have to run on a
> CCIS lab machine (the usual requirement)?
>
Yes, has to run on a CCIS machine.

> 3) will we interact directly with other avatars, or only through the
> administrator?
>
Only through the administrator.

> 4) should we spend time writing defensive code? (i.e., protecting against
> nulls in poorly formed trees, cycles in trees, etc.)
>
Very good question. Answer: No. The playground designers and the SCG Court
system provides this defensive programming. Th administrator will remove an
avatar who provides an illegal decision tree.

-- Karl

>
> Best regards,
> ~ Matt
> Please excuse my brevity... Sent from my iPhone
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