Is programming really this cool?

[walney]

I saw this today:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geek-kids/7-13 ... ainwrapper

Programming must be cool - it\'s even got snowboarding on the box (not sure how it would go down with Grandma after a heavy Christmas dinner though...)

(Perhaps one for Simon )

[walney]

...and to answer my own question: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/241992/ ... ump-c-jump ...apparently not.

A pity, really. It would have been nice to see the application of a tried and trusted formula with which everyone is familiar as a means to stimulate interest.

[crundy]

Seems like a good idea executed badly. Would have been better to have switch(random) (psuedocode) for a dice roll, and some kind of integer for each player which gets in/decremented on certain squares to allow switch / ifthenelse based on the player\'s variable etc.

Oh god I sound like a complete geek now.

[999frogs]

You could always write the simulator