Hm. I don't think that was the point. It was just to get everybody down to the computer center, run something, get your output back. We never looked at dumps again, we learned to use I/O macros next.
I believed the instructor was arrogant and dumb, probably felt challenged by somebody brighter than her. But I was 17 and the same I guess.
You never looked at dumps again as an assignment, sure, but being able to inspect a stack dump for an expected value is an invaluable tool when debugging.
I believed the instructor was arrogant and dumb, probably felt challenged by somebody brighter than her. But I was 17 and the same I guess.