Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucdavis!kalvala From: kalvala@iris.ucdavis.edu (Sara &) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: Computer implementation of card games Message-ID:Date: 2 Oct 89 06:23:55 GMT References: <2512DF6F.19668@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <58134@aerospace.AERO.ORG> <14680@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Organization: University of California at Davis Lines: 15 In-reply-to: din@grad1.cis.upenn.edu's message of 22 Sep 89 22:22:53 GMT I have a rather general question regarding the use of games in teaching beginning programming and data structures - how useful do you people find them? I myself much rather have them than the accounting/management type of examples, but how well do they go with students? are they taken seriously? And specifically - which card game would be ideal for introducing data structures? Have to use one in a couple days and can't decide: blackjack? rummy? solitaire? ... Sara Kalvala kalvala@iris.ucdavis.edu skalvala@ucdavis.bitnet