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Eleventh command: (problem solving (counting pennies))

Today was a extremely productive day. I finally completed the project 2 which I had been delaying until the last minute and handed it in before the deadline. Two other people from my class cooperated with me in finishing up the project. We went to the office hour on Thursday but felt that there were not enough TAs to help out the students. We stumbled over the check-expects and asked the TA in the lab for a hint but her explanation rather confused us than help us solve the problem. Nevertheless, after labourious hours of attempts, all the tests were passed. The last problem we had was manipulation of the base size of the triangle in the fractal project. I tried changing the definition of the sierpinski function, and then, I could manipulate the base size of the triangle by pressing keys.

I was working with my classmate, Jiwon http://jiwoncsc104.blogspot.ca/, to finish the problem solving project. We chose the penny piles problem and tried to work on our own at first. However, without the cooperation, the problem was impossible to solve on my own.
We decided to post the solution on Jiwon's blog.

I've always thought that I was bad at solving riddles and logical problems, but after attending Prof. Heap's lectures and completing the three big projects, I feel more confident about my ability to solve problems, thanks to the professor's endless enthusiasm.
It's hard to believe that this is the last slog entry of the year. I enjoyed taking this course. Really.
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  1. Danny Heap8 April 2013 at 08:06

    Nice SLOG. I really like the pseudo-racket commands in the titles!

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