enum status { start, finish } ;

class animal {

  char race_track[70]; //attributes
  int pos, status;

 public:
  void start_race() ;
};

class tortoise : public animal {

 public:
  void move_tortoise( int *T_pos ) ;
};

class hare : public animal {

 public:
  void move_hare( int *H_pos ) ;
};

void animal::start_race(){

  pos = 0;
  status = start;
  return;
}

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/*void print_map( array1[], array2[] ) ;*/

int main (){

  tortoise t ;  hare h ;

  int timer = 0 ; cout << "start.."<< endl ;

  t.start_race(); h.start_race();

  while ( ( t.status != finish ) || ( h.status != finish ) ) {

    t.move_tortoise( &t.pos ) ;
    h.move_hare( &h.pos ) ;

    //print_race( t.race_track, h.race_track ) ;

    timer++ ;
  }
}
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