Thursday, 6 February 2014

Week 5

This week, we spent some time in class discussing Assignment II, "Towers of Anne Hoy". I decided to work on this project alone, so the extra help was certainly welcome. So far, I'm about half-way through. I'm having fun with it. I'm finding that my progress isn't really continuous, but sort of jolting, stop-start. I'm stuck; I figure it out; I work a little; then I'm stuck again. With this sort of assignment that requires so much intensive and constant problem solving, I think it really takes time to deeply understand what has to be done and how to approach it. I also found that it was really worth the effort to read through the starter code and make sure to fully understand it before going on and doing any actual coding. So hopefully the rest will go smoothly enough, and it won't be too much of a rush to meet the deadline.

1 comment:

  1. Nice basic video on the TOH problem from MIT. I like the lecturer - he gets excited now and then.

    http://video.mit.edu/watch/blossoms-the-towers-of-hanoi-experiential-recursive-thinking-10237/

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