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From: greywolf@unisoft.com (Veteran of the Psychic Wars)
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
Subject: Data Structures, CS 220
Keywords: smirk, computer
Message-ID: [S35b.66b2@looking.on.ca]
Date: 24 Dec 91 00:30:04 GMT
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/*
* When boredom sets in and one finds the need to create new, interesting
* features to add to a library. This is original (by me).
*/
COURSE TITLE: DATA STRUCTURES
COURSE NUMBER: 5150
CLASS DESIGNATION: COMPUTER SCIENCE, CS420
PREREQUISITES: CS150
UNITS: 5.0
CLASS HOURS: M W F 7P-10P
LAB HOURS: MTWTF 8A-11P
This class assumes basic knowledge of the constructs presented in CS150
("Letting C Confuse You") and how to use an editor (adb is presented as
the programmer's editor of choice). The course will cover all forms
of Data Structures including:
Arrays with indeces into the interrupt vector table
Structures with self-referencing elements (pointers optional).
Unions with self-referencing elements (pointers optional).
Also presented are various lists, linked, unlinked and random. Among
those covered are:
LIFO (Last In, First Out) Also called a "stack".
FIFO (First In, First Out) Also called a "queue".
FISH (First In, Still Here) Also called a "hung printer".
FIGL (First In, Got Lost) Also called a bureaucracy.
LIGL (Last In, Got Lost) Also called a "streams module".
FIGO (First In, Garbage Out) Also called a "random number generator".
GHNW (Got Here, Now What?) Also called a "longjmp botch".
*** NOTE: Disk Space is somewhat short on the system due to the fact that
*** one of the drives is not recognized by any of the drivers in the kernel.
*** Hence, students will be expected to produce a fully functional disk
*** device driver by the end of the second week in order to receive credit
*** for the course.
[ NOTE for those not in the know regarding streams modules: In the early
versions, when a module passed data to a printer, when the last chunk
of data was passed, the module thought it was done and exited, leaving
the printer sending XOFFs ("My queue's full; STOP!") to the (now non-
resident) module. The printer usually lost the last kilobyte or so. ]
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