From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-06-25T05:48:59+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] LSRC Name Picker (#129)

On Jun 24, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Morton Goldberg wrote:

> On Jun 24, 2007, at 12:28 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:
>
>> 	* Each time your application is run, it should select and display
>> 	  a single name from the list.  Your application should remember
>> 	  previously selected names and not choose them a second time.
>
> There are two ways to interpret 'run':
>
> 1. The app has a Pick button and a new winner is selected each time  
> it is clicked.
>
> 2. The app automatically runs each time it is started up and it  
> picks one winner. To pick another, the app is relaunched.
>
> Which behavior is wanted?

I meant each time your application is started (#2).  I can see where  
#1 might be attractive for something like a web application, but I  
have a hard time imagining that the program will run non-stop for two  
days.

James Edward Gray II