From: Jason Grosland <jcg3@cs.duke.edu>
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  Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:21:44 -0500

Re: strategies

On 23 Mar 1999, Robert C. Duvall wrote:

> So, now the difference parameter represents the difference between
> your player and the nearest competitor (negative means behind by
> difference points, 0 means tied, and positive means ahead by
> difference points).

I would have to suggest the following slight modification:

The int passed in is the difference between the leading player's score
minus the current player's score.

This would be for the situation where you're competing with more than one
other player.  The way it was stated before is that it would be the diff
between the nearest player and the current one-- not necessarily the
player who is winning, only the one that is closest to the current
player's score.

...jason

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