EddSeabrook

At my university, Software Engineering was the same as Computer Science except for a few module restrictions in the third and fourth years.

Line 457-470 of vicissicalc.c: why do you use else if here rather than switch-case?

Have you read the actual paper or just the news article? I ask because I am thinking of buying the paper, but if it isn't any good then I won't.

C doesn't have exceptions, so goto is commonly used to emulate that style of programming.

wow.

Your first sentence doesn't make any sense -- There is so much more that you can do with a $20/mo internet connection than a $20 DVD. I would go as far as to say that today, in the developed world, an internet connection is a necessity; DVDs on the other hand are not.