1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0244156

Due Date: ???

(You are responsible for verifying that your student number is correct!)
Translate the following C program into Python. Do your best to translate it line by line. In other words, don't write a new Python program from scratch which merely produces the same output; instead try to provide as direct a translation as possible (using the same structure, variable names, and function names.

Useless.c

#include "stdio.h"
#include "string.h"

void f(char[], int);
void g(char[], int);

void f(char z[], int a) {
	int b, u;
	b = 4;
	u = a - 8;

	do {
		printf("%c", z[u - b]);
	} while (u-- >= b++);

	printf("\n\n");
}

void g(char m[], int d) {
	char r;
	int x, y, c;
	for (y = 8, c = d - 4; c-- > y; ) {
		x = c - y;
		if (4*(x/4) == x) {
			r = m[y];
			m[y] = m[c];
			m[c] = r;
		}
	}
}

int main() {
	int v, p, n;
	char q[] =
		"Wow, this code is utterly useless!  " \
		"From what kind of deep-seated emotional problems does one have to suffer " \
		"to even conceive of such a ridiculous program?  Meanwhile, the author " \
		"probably labours under the delusion that he's making some clever, " \
		"existentialist comment about the nature of computation.  Sad, really.\n\n";

	n = strlen(q);
	v = 7;
	p = n / 7;

	while (p > ++v) {
		f(q, n);
		g(q, n);
	}

	return 0;
}