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From: kalvala@iris.ucdavis.edu (Sara &)
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Subject: Re: Computer implementation of card games
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Date: 2 Oct 89 06:23:55 GMT
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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