The calculators Wagner needed to complete his numerical analysis homework were across campus and in short supply so he wrote one himself. Although the program has about three thousand lines of code and took months to write, Wagner received a grade of zero on his homework.
Wagner lacked access to calculators needed for his numerical analysis homework due to their scarcity on campus, so he created one himself. The program's complexity, with approximately 3,000 lines of code, and the considerable time it took to develop, did not prevent Wagner from receiving a grade of zero on his assignment.