Hi-Low Game with a twist

[Valentin Albillo]

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Hi,

As he frequently does (despite my usual advice), Namir does not include a sample run, which would seem necessary to ascertain that the program is correctly loaded and runs as intended.

He also doesn't explain how does the % Reliability parameter affect the game:

- Does a 100% mean that the program never lies ?

- Does a 0% mean that the program always lies (which would be tantamount to it never lying, you'd just consider the opposite of what it says) ?

- Does a 50% mean that it lies with a 0.5 probability ?

And so on. Also, as the secret numbers are spread between 1 and 1000, you might need as many as 10 tries even if using the best binary strategy and even if the program never lies to you. Any significant amount of lying and more than 10 guesses might be necessary no matter how good your strategy, which is unfair as you can't win in a deterministic way, you'd depend on sheer luck.

V.