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// Creates the tasks and starts the game. The game simulates the old telephone message where a message is passed
// around the circle. At the end of the game, the original message is compared to the final result to see how much
// it changed. In our case, we just print the message as it travels the circle until the game is done.
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#include "player.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    Player *players[NUMPLAYERS];			// List of players.
    Player::Status StateInformation[NUMPLAYERS];	// Status of the players.
    int     i;						// Loop index.
    char    message[15] = "abcdefghijkl\0";		// Test message to send around the chain.
    int     numberOfPasses = 0;				// Number of times the message is passed. If equals
							// NUMPLAYERS*TIMESAROUND+1, the game is over.

    srandom( (intptr_t)time(NULL) );			// Seed the random number generator.
  
    // Start up the players for the game.
    players[NUMPLAYERS - 1] = new Player( StateInformation, numberOfPasses, NULL, NUMPLAYERS - 1 );
    for ( i = NUMPLAYERS - 2; i >= 0; i -= 1 ) {
	players[i] = new Player( StateInformation, numberOfPasses, players[i + 1], i );
    } // for
    players[NUMPLAYERS - 1]->SetPlayer( players[0] );

    players[0]->SendMessage( message );			// Start off the game.

    for ( i = 0; i < NUMPLAYERS; i += 1 ) {
	delete players[i];
    } // for
    cout << "Final message was: '" << message << "'" << endl;
} // main

// Local Variables:
// compile-command: "u++ -g -o telephone player.C driver.C"
// End: