CS253 HW0: Light Bulb Joke                

Purpose                

The purpose of this assignment is to make sure that you can follow instructions, login to a Linux system, compile a C++ program, and check in homework. This way, you’re sure that your login and password work before you need them for homework #1. This assignment is not optional.                 

Description                

In this assignment, you will write a program called bulb.cc. It will answer the question, “How many CU students does it take to change a light bulb?”                 

Sample run                

In the following example, user input looks like this. The percent sign, “%”, is my shell prompt.                 

    % g++ -Wall bulb.cc
    % ./a.out
    Three—one to hold the light bulb and two to turn the ladder!
    %

(Joke copied from Wikipedia.)                 

Rules                

• The first three lines of your source file must be comments, containing, in this order, one per line:
  • your name
  • the date
    • ISO 8601 date format, e.g., “2024-11-21” is fine
  • the purpose of this program
    • “CS253 HW0” is fine
• The output must end with a newline.
  • Newlines do not separate lines—newlines terminate lines.
• We will compile your program as shown above.
  • If that generates warnings, you will lose a point.
  • If that generates errors, you will lose all points.
• There is no automated testing/pre-grading/re-grading.
  • Test your code yourself. It’s your job.
  • Yes, even if you only change it a little bit.
  • Yes, even if all you do is add a comment.
• You will not be graded on the quality of your humor.
  • However, if you duplicate my example joke, you will lose points.
  • That’s because plagiarism is bad.
  • You can’t copy, even if you do give credit—I require original work.
• Don’t turn in a tar file or anything like that. Turn in a single C++ source file, called bulb.cc.

How to submit your homework:                

Use web checkin, or Linux checkin:                 

    ~cs253/bin/checkin HW0 bulb.cc

How to receive negative points:                

Turn in someone else’s work.